The State Security Service (SSS) yesterday paraded before journalists a Mazda 626 saloon car with Lagos registration number, BY 318 FKJ, allegedly purchased and wired with bomb to be used in the last October 1 bombings in Abuja.

Also seized were military items, including bullet-proof vests, boots and camp tents allegedly sent by leader of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Hernry Okah, for delivery to militants in the creeks.

The SSS disclosed that a nursing mother and sister to one of the suspects, who was in custody of the vehicle parked in a hotel in Port Harcourt, assisted in the recovery of the already fully wired vehicle, waiting to be detonated.

According to Marilyn Ogar, Assistant Director, Public Relations of SSS, the hotel management, after discovering that the car was parked for a long time without the owner coming to claim it, deflected its tyres before the sister to one of the suspects in the bomb blast provided information to the Service to move it to their office in Abuja.
The SSS said further that other recovered military items which included, 10 bullet proof jackets, many camouflage vests and boots, water bottles, camp tents, which were intercepted at “a popular transport company, which runs cargo courier services from Lagos to Port Harcourt.

“Investigations into the October 1 bombings have further revealed that not all of the vehicles wired for the bombings were detonated hence the one left in Port Harcourt has been towed to Abuja. “In view of these discoveries, the Service seizes this opportunity to warn transport and courier companies to be more circumspect in handling goods for customers, as they would be held responsible for conveying prohibited items. Equally, car dealers are advised to obtain the full particulars of persons purchasing cars from them, to avoid being held liable on grounds of suspicion for the misdeeds of others.”

The SSS had insisted immediately after the Abuja bomb explosions that it had established the persons who drove and coordinated vehicles brought into Abuja for the bombing. It said the Service had also indentified those who directly coordinated the bombings with Henry Okah, adding that five suspects, including Henry Okah’s younger brother, Charles Tombra Okah, had been arrested.
Ogar also had disclosed the individual at whose residence in Port Harcourt the vehicles were wired for detonation and from where they took off for Abuja.

“The one that confirmed to his accomplice that he had completed the job, immediately after the bombings. Consequently, Charles Tombra Okah, one of the known users of the name, ‘Jomo Gbomo’ and four other suspects would be charged to court accordingly.”

The SSS, however, said the new suspects in the October bombing, including those caught with military items, would be charged to court on November 25, stressing that the ongoing investigations into all criminal related issues would be pursued vigorously and every culprit apprehended and prosecuted accordingly.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/nov/19/national-19-11-2010-001.htm

Looks like the Nigerian govt is learning to become more strategic in their handling of security affairs.

Certain security measuress that should have long been in place are gradually being implemented.

How come Jomo Gbomo, has not sent out mails for some time !

How come Jomo Gbomo,  has not sent out mails for some time !

The so called jomo knows he/she is being followed by the Ss and so is becoming cautious

i wonder why IBB wanted to tear this country apart by paying some of the NIGER DELTA militants to work against their own born president.

haba I can now see the Power of Money.