http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/will-lagos-see-rising-number-attacks/

LAGOS (AFP) – A blast last month in Apapa, the port district of Nigeria’s financial capital Lagos, which the authorities said was a gas explosion, was a bomb attack, an AFP investigation has revealed.

The perpetrators have not been identified but the June 25 bombing may have been the first attack in Lagos linked to Boko Haram, the Islamist rebels who have killed thousands across the north and centre of the country during a five-year uprising.

Lagos is the hub of Nigeria’s economy, which is Africa’s largest, and an insurgency in the city could cripple the nation.
Here are three key questions concerning the likelihood and potential consequences of further unrest in sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest city.
Will Lagos see a rising number of attacks?

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The lack of violence in Lagos has been among the most hotly debated subjects throughout the Boko Haram conflict.

For some, it is consistent with Boko Haram’s stated goal of creating an Islamic state in the mainly Muslim north, with targets such as Lagos in the mostly Christian south outside the group’s purview.

Others have argued that it was only a matter of time before the city was hit and warned that, for the Islamists, the appeal of striking Lagos was increasing with divisive elections set for next year.

“The incentives for Boko Haram to stage a high-profile attack in Lagos will increase in the run-up to the February 2015 general elections,” the Control Risks political and security consultancy group, which has decades of experience in Nigeria, said in a note to clients following the Apapa blast.

And APC and Yorubas went into denial mode. I guess the fear of Hausa-Fulani is the beginning of wisdom for sons of Oduduwa. Shame!!

ChrisOD: And APC and Yorubas went into denial mode. Shame

http://news.yahoo.com/lagos-fuel-depot-blast-no-accident-experts-witnesses-032353233.html

Lagos (AFP) - Nigerian authorities, battling to stem an escalating Islamist insurgency, covered up a bomb attack in the financial capital Lagos by claiming a blast near a major fuel depot was an industrial accident, according to an AFP investigation.

The explosion ripped through an area of Nigeria's biggest city on June 25, just hours after a suspected Boko Haram car bombing in the administrative capital Abuja, which killed 21 people and stoked fresh fears that the group's deadly campaign was spreading.

The Lagos blast in the Apapa district, on a main road feeding Nigeria's busiest port and in an area housing most of the city's fuel depots, was blamed on a cooking gas cylinder which exploded, with no casualties.

But AFP has seen photographs of the scene showing a destroyed car plus damage to surrounding vehicles, which the British Army's former head of bomb disposal said left no doubt as to the cause.

"This was definitely an incident involving the use of high explosives," Bob Seddon, an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran and a specialist in improvised explosive devices (IEDs), told AFP in an email exchange after reviewing the images.

"The type of blast effects and fragmentation pattern you would get from a gas explosion are quite different," the former Royal Logistics Corps colonel said, assessing that 25-50 kilos (55-110 pounds) of improvised high explosive were used.

The government lied to us.

But AFP has seen photographs of the scene showing a destroyed car plus damage to surrounding vehicles, which the British Army's former head of bomb disposal said left no doubt as to the cause.

"This was definitely an incident involving the use of high explosives," Bob Seddon, an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran and a specialist in improvised explosive devices (IEDs), told AFP in an email exchange after reviewing the images.

"The type of blast effects and fragmentation pattern you would get from a gas explosion are quite different," the former Royal Logistics Corps colonel said, assessing that 25-50 kilos (55-110 pounds) of improvised high explosive were used.

Senior foreign diplomats also indicated privately that the blast was deliberate, attributing the official denials to fears over the potential effects of a confirmed first attack on Lagos, which drives the country's economy.

This is a challenge!!!

On Home soil ni!

BH 1 vs OPC 0

Kai! This is three bad!

Before nko

A US government official said Boko Haram had the "operational reach to get to Lagos" but only Control Risks has so far directly linked the bombing to the group.

But Barclay qualified: "The incident is likely to have been staged by a local Islamist network rather than being planned and coordinated by Boko Haram's core leadership in the northeast."

Local groups have more parochial agendas, he added.

Further attacks were credible, probably on "soft targets", but the bombing did not necessarily signal the start of a "sustained insurgency" in Lagos, he said.

ChrisOD: And APC and Yorubas went into denial mode. I guess the fear of Hausa-Fulani is the beginning of wisdom for sons of Oduduwa. Shame!!

And they are busy castigating Igbos for ensuring that such carnage doesn't take place in our land.
Well if Yorubas do not value human lives, we do!

Ghen ghen...ghen
Waiting for the lagos e-rat to come and start spewing "they-should-not-look-for-trouble-here-or-'we'll'-finish-them" rubbish. BH still remains a national issue

I pray it's not true. Cos if it is, there are many more to come.

Yoritshekiri:
Cowards will never face their slave masters.
Always deflecting away from reality.

PointB:

See your life? Shameless bigot, who will soon develop high blood pressure due to Igbophobia.

I bet you didn't read the eyewitness account of a hijab wearing woman at scene of the incident. Continue shouting Igbo, Igbo until Boko Haram turn SW into another an outpost in their macabre dance!

if petrol tanker was a blueprint of bokoharam plot we should have seen it happened by now in NorthEast. Not only that, has bokoharam ever shied away from claiming ownership of an assault? Never!

So why are they not claiming this petroltanker narrative issued last year by Ihejirika, and recited to press act by act in the fashion the 1966 failed attempt occured?

Ihejirika owe the nation an e planation on where he got that intelligence analysis he purportedly claimed came from surveilling bokoharam.

Armed terrorists in Bayelsa govt house!
Petroltanker explosion, ala Biafran style!

There is nothing missing, the puzzle is completed and we have an image, and bokoharam is not the on in this picture.

The first suggestions of an attack appeared on social networking sites after 8:30 pm (1930 GMT) on June 25 and in local media the following day but failed to gain wider attention because of government denials and the focus on the deadly Abuja bombing.

Flat denials or no comment from the government are not uncommon in Nigeria, particularly involving Boko Haram, whose five-year insurgency has intensified in the northeast and seen almost daily attacks.

But questions have lingered about the Apapa incident because Lagos, in the southwest of the country, has so far escaped the violence.

Lagos is home to some 20 million people as well as major overseas companies in key sectors such as oil and gas. The city is also seen as a gateway to trade in the wider west Africa region.

Political and security consultants Control Risks, which has an office in Lagos, said the Apapa blast was a bombing that killed at least four people, according to a briefing note seen by AFP that it sent to foreign business and government clients.

Ask yourselves these questions and try to answer it truthfully:

Why would the North want to attack the West?

Who benefits more if the Yorubas and the Northerners start fighting and killing themselves.

Now you know where to look if an attack occurs in the South West.

Seddon's analysis and Control Risks' assessment chimed with the accounts of seven eye-witnesses interviewed by AFP, who all said independently that there were two explosions.

The first happened in and around the gates of the Folawiyo fuel depot on Creek Road while the second minutes later when a Toyota Sienna people carrier exploded in the road nearby, they said.

"I was on duty that night," said security guard Samuel George. "All of a sudden, we heard a loud explosion and we quickly shut the gate... Some minutes later, a car that was parked in the middle of the road exploded.

"My colleague and I were hit by broken pieces of metal from the car. I had a deep cut on my face and head and since then have not been able to work. Many people were killed, including those I knew," the 25-year-old added.

Another local worker added: "I don't know why the government is lying. The explosions were nothing short of bombings."

ImperialYoruba:

if petrol tanker was a blueprint of bokoharam plot we should have seen it happened by now in NorthEast. Not only that, has bokoharam ever shied away from claiming ownership of an assault? Never!

So why are they not claiming this petroltanker narrative issued last year by Ihejirika, and recited to press act by act in the fashion the 1966 failed attempt occured?

Congratulation then, since you know all the current and future blue print of mass murderers - boko haram. I wont be surprised if you are a recruit; I won't be surprised if Boko Haram use inside man (folks like you) to do inside jobs. If your votes can be bought with a bowl of rice, how much are you coneheads worth these days. I truly fear for South West?

In the meantime, keep shouting Igbos, rather than pay attention to the gathering storm!

ISpiksDaTroof: Ask yourselves these questions and try to answer it truthfully:

Why would the North want to attack the West?

Who benefits more if the Yorubas and the Northerners start fighting and killing themselves.

Now you know where to look if an attack occurs in the South West.

The Yorubas really have nothing to lose in Lagos except their pride. In contrast Igbos will lose most if Lagos goes in flames (God forbid), seeing that they own at least 50% of Lagos wealth.

#IGBOSBRINGBACKYOURWEALTHTOIGBOLANDNOW#

ImperialYoruba: Ihejirika had said last year that bokoharam would use petrol tanker as decoy to sneak explosives to oil depots in Lagos and blow them up.

Ihejeirika borrowed that tactic from a 1967 act in which a Biafran double agent attempted unsuccessfully to detonate a petrol tanker loaded with explosives and decoyed as a delivery load in Yaba.

Ibos have questions to answer on this bokoharam thingy in SW.

Boko would have claimed ownership if this was their work, they are not cowardly like Ibos who hide behind others to commit crimes and atrocities.

Ibos are trying to incite Yoruba to flare up and start attacking non Yorubas so their ambition for Biafra can be accelerated.

Dont worry, OPC has planted undercovers.....we are watching your moves, we will soon catvh you in action in your dirty ploys.

ur stupidty is beyund comprehension instead of u to chanel ur greviance to who is atackng u,instead u chose to atack d inocent.ode kep hateing ibos,while ur enemy is in ur bedr6m.hoples yoruba coward

ImperialYoruba: ...

Cover your head in shame please...
Your education can now be considered to have been a total waste!

PointB:

Congratulation then, since you know all the current and future blue print of mass murderers - boko haram. I wont be surprised if you are a recruit; I won't be surprised if Boko Haram use inside man (folks like you) to do inside jobs. If your votes can be bought with a bowl of rice, how much are you coneheads worth these days. I truly fear for South West?

In the meantime, keep shouting Igbos, rather than pay attention to the gathering storm!

the gathering storm is about to envelope and capsize your boat in Nigeria.

Tell your leaders to throw the anchors and stabilize your course in this country.

ChrisOD:

The Yorubas really have nothing to lose in Lagos except their pride. In contrast Igbos will lose most if Lagos goes in flames (God forbid), seeing that they own at least 50% of Lagos wealth.

Well, I wasnt thinking about the Ibos so I dont know why you brought them into this discussion. I was actually thinking towards the Federal Govt, its Northern Terrorists/Niger-Delta Militants collaborators.

P.S: Good to know that Ibos are the richest on earth, but why did you feel the need to tell me that?

ImperialYoruba: Ihejirika owe the nation an e planation on where he got that intelligence analysis he purportedly claimed came from surveilling bokoharam.

Armed terrorists in Bayelsa govt house!
Petroltanker explosion, ala Biafran style!

There is nothing missing, the puzzle is completed and we have an image, and bokoharam is not the on in this picture.

ode gen.ihejerika is in nija make oduduwa go arest am blody cowards.even 4 social netwk u stl dy fear hausa,ha yoruba!

ikweremilitant: ur stupidty is beyund comprehension instead of u to chanel ur greviance to who is atackng u,instead u chose to atack d inocent.ode kep hateing ibos,while ur enemy is in ur bedr6m.hoples yoruba coward

I said we have a completed puzzle. Are you blind?

ISpiksDaTroof:

Well, I wasnt thinking about the Ibos so I dont know why you brought them into this discussion. I was actually thinking towards the Federal Govt, its Northern Terrorists/Niger-Delta Militants collaborators.

P.S: Good to know that Ibos are the richest on earth, but why did you feel the need to tell me that?

I am being realistic na. But what does the FG have in Lagos after moving everything to Abuja? Point to one.