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Nyanya blast: Troops arrest 8 Nigerian, Cameroonian suspects
Nyanya blast: Troops arrest 8 Nigerian, Cameroonian suspects
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Sunday, May 04, 2014
IGHT foreigners are now in security custody in connection with Thursday’s bomb explosions at Nyanya, near Abuja, the Defence Headquarters said yesterday.
It also confirmed that it foiled insurgents’ attacks on Margimari village and other settlements on the outskirts of Maiduguri early yesterday.
The DHQ insisted that neither Maiduguri nor University of Maiduguri was attacked as rumoured in some quarters.
The Director of Defence Information, Gen. Chris Olukolade, who gave the update in a statement in Abuja, said the suspects were helping ongoing probe of the blasts.
He said the arrested persons are helping ongoing investigation with useful information after the operation which is sequel to intelligence reports.
They were picked up around Kugbo and areas adjoining the Nyanya site of the recent bombings in the Federal Capital.
“Those confirmed to constitute threat to security will be handed over to appropriate prosecutorial agency on conclusion of the preliminary investigations,”he said.
However ,a source said the arrested foreigners are from Cameroun and Niger Republic.
“They are already being quizzed at a detention facility which for security reasons we cannot disclose,” the source said .
It was gathered that fingerprint scanning on the suspects confirmed traces of IED in their hands.
“The ongoing grilling of the suspects may provide more clues on the blast in Nyanya.”
One more victim of the Nyanya bomb blast has died,bringing the death toll to 20.
The victim,whose identity was not immediately known died at the Asokoro Hospital.
Fourteen of those injured and receiving treatment in various hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory have already been discharged.
An unknown number of people who were injured were said to have opted to take care of theri treatment.
Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu and Minister of State Khaliru Alhassan visited the hospitals yesterday to monitor interact with the injured.
They visited Asokoro Hopsital, Nyanya Hopsital, Maitama, Wuse and Gwarinpa Hospital.
Speaking at the end of their visit, both minister expressed satisfaction at their improvement in the health of the patients.
Meanwhile, Gen Olukolade also yesterday dismissed reports of an attack on Maiduguri yesterday, saying:”Rather, on receiving distress call, troops at about 2am this morning (yesterday) launched a counter attack using mainly mortar shells on a group of terrorists who had attacked and killed four persons in Margimari village and other settlements in the outskirts of Maiduguri.
“There was no fighting or attack around the University or any barrack in Maiduguri either, as reported.”
He also said that a Chadian, Usman Mecheka operating with the terrorists group around Lake Chad has been taken into custody by the Multi National Joint Task Force.
He was apprehended by the Task Force while trying to extract a ransom from herdsmen and farmers in the area, after an earlier attack on the community.
Troops of the Special Task Force in the Plateau have also raided a camp maintained by an armed gang operating in a settlement in Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau State.
“A gun fabricating machine as well as some arms and ammunition from the hideout were recovered during the raid. Also recovered during the raid, were local single barrel guns, pistols, an automatic rifle, bullet pellets and a large quantity of materials for producing gun powder,” he said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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ReplyDeleteAmnesty for a terrorist organization that has caused Nigeria and Nigerians more pain and destruction than the civil war is not only insane,its a showcasing of ignorance and a confirmation of my earlier suspecting that this blog NIGERIANEYE if not indirectly linked to boko haram is highly in partnership with the opposition APC whose many influential members are linked to the boko haram,I say this cos many Nigerians know that this website has never been neutral or objective in its news blog,if its not a direct attack on the President commander in chief of the Armed forces,it is on his wife or cabinet. Many people know this but won't bother to say it cos it will be deleted immediately.now back to the issue at hand,amnesty for a bunch of killers who has no other aim but to kill and make Jonathans govt unstable,thank God they can't succeed. 1. The militants in Niger Delta are fightng for a cause,not only the liberation of their land,but to let the world know and see the desecration of their land through oil spillage,what is boko haram fighting for? Islamization of Nigeria? With an equal number of muslims and christians? It will never happen (2) The Niger delta militants never attacked and slaughtered innocent civilians in their sleep,they directed their anger to govt forces and they were brave enuf to stand them in certain cases,they even write letters to the civilians to leave the place before they attack,boko haram does the opposite,they innocent men and women,children and old,pregnant and every kinds of living things (3) some militants in the Niger delta was revealed to have embarked on community projects like building of schools and health centres,thus they won sympathy from the people and even got prayers from their people who see them as liberators,boko haram on the other hand destroys the little the people have and steal from them,and kidnap their children and demand ransom from the poor people (4) the niger delta militants respect and heed their elders call to drop arms and embrace amnesty,they have spokesmen and people who reach out to them,boko haram our cowards who don't want to be known or be spoken to,they kill their elders (6) while boko haram has recruited the help of other int'l evil terrorist organization who has been known not to dialogue but kill and kill until they themselves are killed,the niger delta militants fought for themselves by themselves.(7) while the Niger delta militants sought realistic things to negotiate for,which was why they got it,boko haram is seeking for unrealistic things which they can't and won't get. So when one looks at all this,all the people that has been killed,maimed and rendered refugees in their own country,it is insane for the govt to hand over amnesty to this cowards,it will be a betrayal of the Nigerian people,and that will never happen,what government should do is to continue what it is doing while taking help from people who knows the way to kill this monster. AND LET ME SAY IT CLEAR,IF YTOU DON'T GIVE BOKO HARAM A REASON TO NEGOTIATE,TO COME TO THE TABLE,THEY WILL CONTINUE KILLING AND IF THEY COME TO THE TABLE WITHOUT THAT REASON,THEY WILL MAKE DEMANDS THAT WILL BE TOO BIG FOR ANYONE TO ACCEDE TO,THEY WILL DICTATE TERMS COS THEY HAVE THE UPPER HAND,SO GOVT MUST GIVE THEM the OPTION OF LIFE OR DEATH AND I MEAN CRUEL DEATH.then some or maybe some will see need to negotiate. And am suggesting that as soon as those innocent girls are released save and sound,that sambesi forest should be bombed from air to the last tree.if our environment is clean,we won't have cockroaches hiding in them!
DeleteYou are so right. My thoughts exactly. Burn sambisa forest down to the ground so that those monsters will no longer have a hiding place.
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