Boko Haram scare grounds Abuja

By HUGO ODIOGOR, INALEGWU SHAIBU, PETER DURU , CHRIS OCHAYI & VICTOR AHIUMA YOUNG
ABUJA – The nation’s capital city was grounded, yesterday, by military security check following fears of possible Boko Haram attack on the residents. This provoked a traffic gridlock forcing commuters to trek long distance.

Vehicles entering into and leaving the city were thoroughly searched by stern looking military men dispatched by the military High Command following the threat by Boko Haram to plant and detonate improvised explosive devices, IEDs.

Reports said residents and motorists from satellite towns on the Abuja-Keffi Express way pleaded with soldiers to remove the road blocks to ease their hardship and movement but these were rebuffed.

Yesterday’s development in Abuja trailed reports that over 100 suspected Boko Haram memebers had been arrested by security operatives.

Arrest of suspects
Spokesperson of the State Security Service, SSS, Mrs. Marilyn Ogar said that the suspects were arrested in different parts of the North.

Despite security cordon around Abuja, banks and other financial institutions have come under the radar to monitor how terrorists groups get their funds.

The deployment of soldiers to beef up security in strategic places and major roads leading to the nation’s capital city was a response to the failure of the Nigeria Police which is yet to recover from the national embarrassment unleashed on it by the suicide bomb attack carried out by Boko Haram.

Most of the commuters who ostensibly left their homes around 5.30 am in order to beat the usual traffic jam on the road spent over four hours on a journey of about 20 minutes. The traffic jam was so severe that most workers especially civil servants had to go back home, while many cars broke down due to the strain of the hold up.

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