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Boko Haram Plan Fresh Attack On Nigeria by Stogwu123: 5:08pm On Oct 12, 2011 |
Huhuonline.com can report that the unrepentant and deadly Nigeria’s Islamic sect, Boko Haram has issued a threat message to the Nigerian nation, saying that it has devised new strategies to detonate bombs in parts of the country, especially in Abuja, the Federal Capital territory. The statement issued, Sunday, by the sect, reads: “This is to let the residence know that we have no device in Abuja but we are planning an attack in two weeks time. People should stay clear. Our commodores are working on a different tactics against the Nigerian state. “Insha Allah, we will be guest in Abuja”, the terse message stated. Huhuonline.com findings have revealed that security operatives have been placed on red-alert in Abuja and most state capitals, in a bid to counter any planned attack by the dreaded Islamic sect. Recall that a suicide car bomber and member of the Boko Haram sect, on August 26, 2011 blew up the UN headquarters in Abuja, leaving at least 21 dead and dozens more injured among several other deadly attacks. Earlier in Yobe state, Boko Haram fighters reportedly "used fuel-laden motorcycles" and "bows with poison arrows" to attack a police station and in January 2010, the group struck again in Borno state, killing four people in Dala Alemderi ward in Maiduguri metropolis while on September 7, 2010, Boko Haram freed over 700 inmates from a prison in Bauchi State. In December 2010, Boko Haram were blamed for a market bombing, following which 92 of its members were arrested by police while on Friday January 28, 2011, the Borno state candidate of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) for the April 2011 gubernatorial elections was assassinated, along with his brother, four police officers and a 12- year old boy. Meanwhile on Tuesday February 8, 2011, Boko Haram gave conditions for peace, demanding that the Borno State Governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, should step down from office with immediate effect and also allow members to reclaim their mosque in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State but on May 9, 2011 Boko Haram rejected an offer for amnesty made by the governor-elect of Borno state, Kashim Shettima. On April 1 (the day before the original date of Nigeria’s legislative elections), suspected Boko Haram members attacked a police station in Bauchi state and on April 9, a polling centre in Maiduguri was bombed while on April 15, the Maiduguri office of the Independent National Electoral Commission was bombed, and several people were shot in a separate incident on the same day. On June 17, 2011, the group claimed responsibility for a bombing attack on the police force headquarters in Abuja that occurred the previous day, just as security officials believed that the attack was the first suicide bombing in Nigeria's history and that it specifically targeted Police Inspector-General Hafiz Ringim. On June 26, 2011, the sect carried out a bombing attack on a beer garden in Maiduguri, according to officials and witnesses. Militants on motorcycles threw explosives into the drinking spot, killing about 25 people and on June 27, 2011, another bombing in Maiduguri attributed to the group killed at least two girls and wounded three customs officials. On July 10, 2011, the All Christian Fellowship Church in Suleja, Niger State was bombed, allegedly by the sect. Dogma: Boko Haram is opposed to, not only Western education but Western culture and modern science as well as the group forbids the wearing of shirts and pants and the act of voting in elections and believing that the Nigerian state is run by non- believers. In a 2009, Mohammed Yusuf, then the group's leader, stated that he rejects the fact that the earth is a sphere and views it as contrary to Islam, along with Darwinism and the fact that rain comes from water evaporated by the sun. Boko Haram, meaning "Western education is a sin" is a Nigerian Islamist group that seeks the imposition of Shariah law in the northern states of Nigeria and operating with an undefined structure and chain of command. Its official name is Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad." In Bauchi the group which includes members who come from neighbouring Chad and speak only in Arabic was reported as refusing to mix with the local people. |
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