Nigeria to instal bomb detectors at parks, public places

Minister of Nigeria’s Federal capital of Abuja said on Tuesday it would collaborate with the office of the National Security Adviser to provide security at motor parks and public places in the territory.

Senator Bala Mohammed, made the statement when he visited Nyanya Motor Park which was rocked by bomb explosions on Monday morning.

He said the park opposite the bombed one would be used temporarily pending when security agencies would vacate the ill-fated park.

“The park at the opposite side is going to be used temporarily pending the time when this place (park) will be handed over to us by the security agencies.

“Henceforth, our buses will be carrying detectors and devices that would detect explosive devices. We are going to seek advice from the office of the National Security Adviser on how to protect the parks and public places.

“We will sit down together (with security agencies) and come up with a framework on how we can make them (parks) secured. Of course it will be expensive; it is going to be a big challenge,’’ he said.

Mohammed promised to deploy more buses to the Nyanya-Abuja route to address the scarcity being experienced on the road.

He said that between April and May, 100 buses would be imported from China.

There were little activities at the park today, as security agents cordoned it off.ark.

An official of the park, who identified himself as the accountant of the Nyanya Bus Terminus, Mr Adams Ishaq, said that seven members of the terminus died in the explosion.

“We lost seven of our members; we feel what has happened; we pray to the Almighty that their soul rest in peace,’’ he said.

He appealed to FCT Administration to re-open the park.

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Map Showing Boko Haram Attacks & Casualties Since 2009

Pause! Look at the map of the the amount of damage Boko Haram have caused in Nigeria over the past 5 years, and the number of states they have successfully pulled off attacks.

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Boko Haram abducts 200 schoolgirls in Borno

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday abducted no fewer than 100 girls at the Senior Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, following a violent attack in the town.

But the BBC quoted parents to have told it’s Hausa service that at least 200 girls were abducted.

Eyewitnesses said the girls who were in school preparing for their Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination were abducted at about 3.00am.

Mr Joseph Walama, a resident, said the attackers numbering about 50, stormed the town in a convoy of Toyota Hilux vehicles before unleashing terror on residents.

“They arrived in the town at about 10.00pm in a convoy of no fewer than seven Hilux vehicles and took control of the town and set fire on residential and public buildings,” Walama said.

He said some of the attackers engaged in mass looting of food items, while others harassed residents at will.

“Then suddenly they headed for the Senior Secondary School, Chibok, which is a WAEC examination centre.

“Some of the teachers and students took to their heels on sighting them, but they eventually abducted those who remained in the hostel.

“They packed food items and the students into an abandoned lorry before heading for the Sambisa forest,” he said.

The Borno Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Lawal Tanko, confirmed the attack, but said he did not have details of the incident.

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NAIJA TINZ: Lawmakers, workers flee over National Assembly bomb scare

There was pandemonium at the National Assembly on Tuesday as rumours of a bomb scare forced lawmakers, National Assembly workers and staff of banks within the premises to hurriedly close their offices and ran for dear lives.

The development started around 2pm when some legislative aides and civil servants were seen discussing in groups following an alleged strange movement of some group of people whose mission to the National Assembly was said to be suspicious.

It was learnt the immediate response of the security operatives, whose attention was drawn to the suspicious movement, actually heightened the tension by creating fears in the minds of the workers.

Our correspondent observed that the security agents, comprising the police and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, were immediately drafted to the major entrances to the sprawling complex frisking both visitors and workers.

At that point the senior officers in the various offices directed their junior officers to lock up their offices and close for the day to avert any possible danger.

The unsual closure of the offices and the rush by the workers to get out of the complex further heightened tension and confusion pandemonium among the workers of banks and other private establishment who also hurriedly locked up their doors against customers.

Some of the workers, who spoke with our correspondent, said their bosses directed them to close and go home.

Reacting to the development,  the Acting Serjeant-at -Arms of the National Assembly,  Mr. Ibrahim Ndako, told journalists that there was nothing like bomb scare in the complex and attributed the workers’ panic to mere rumous.

Ndako said, “There is nothing like bomb scare, it is just a rumour. Those banks chose to close because we have assured them that there is nothing like that. It’s just mere rumour.

Meanwhile, the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), has described Monday bomb blast, which killed scores of people at the Nyanya Motor Park in Abuja, as the work of “mindless” and “godless” people.

Ndoma-Egba, in a personally signed statement in Abuja, charged Nigerians from all walks of life to act as security agents wherever they are, adding that security should not be left to the security agencies alone.

He said, “Violence is the argument of one who’s run out of logic. It’s mindless, senseless, barbaric and it’s a call for every Nigerian to be a stakeholder in the security of this country.

“We’ve gone past the point of leaving our security just to security agencies. We must all now be conscious of our environment, every Nigerian must now be a security agent because these godless people are not spirits; they operate amongst us.”

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