The Nigerian Army has uncovered plans by the dreaded
terrorist group, Boko Haram, to launch an offensive on
five busy spots in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
According to Daily Sun, an intelligence report had revealed
that the sect members have intruded Utako Market, posing as
petty traders, wheel barrow pushers, butchers, as well as cab
drivers, while they await instructions on when to bomb the
market.
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A security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said
the terrorists target the Utako Market, Area 1 Shopping Centre,
DeiDei Market, Farmers Market, Maitama and Area 3 Motor
Spare Parts Market located behind the old secretariat in Abuja.
It assured that the security agencies are working tirelessly to
foil the impending attacks, adding that the task force in charge
of security in the FCT was considering closing down the Utako
Market, DeiDei Market and the shopping malls marked for the
attacks.
It further revealed that security operatives had already met
with the management of targeted markets and shopping mall
to brainstorm on how to avert the impending attack. He said
security agencies shut down one of such malls located at
Wuse Zone 5 after it received a threat letter from insurgents
over an impending attack.
It was, however, observed that to execute adequate security in
Utako market would pose some challenges because of its
largeness.
Another top security source, who spoke on condition of
anonymity said, adequate security had been put in place in
the market.
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He revealed some of them to include installation of several
gates to check vehicular movement, eradication of traders
without shops operating outside the market, securing of
banks operating in the market premises, eradicating the illegal
motor park that had taken over the parking lot and also halted
the unselective parking within and outside the market.
The source said the move had however, caused some panics
within the market therefore posing a huge challenge to
security operatives.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army has already started purchasing
news weapons which they will use to end the terrorist group
that has reportedly killed over 4,000 innocent people since
2009. The dreaded terrorist group and its leader, Abubakar
Shekau, have been blacklisted by the UN.

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