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.