Thunder Fire Boko Haram

The security agencies are paying dearly now for their negligence.

How did these bombs enter the country?

They were dressed in police uniforms

http://allafrica.com/stories/201201231072.html

if our licencing company know what they r doing and doing what they should, they would have traced the owner of the car that had the bomb,
all the numerous loopholes are now being exposed,
All these is just a wakeup call to everyone
i hope we can trace our steps before its too late

Liver don fail the phocking animals!. . . , These cars would have been intercepted if the police at various checks pay attention to their jobs instead of asking for 20 naira bribes. Phocking country!!!

Kano — Fresh witness accounts of the Kano carnage reveal how a team of about 50 men in Police and Army uniforms stormed the Bompai barracks and shot dead nearly everybody there during the chaos immediately after coordinated bombings in the city on Friday.

A female police officer who survived the shootings at the barracks said the unidentified assailants invaded the place and conducted "systematic killings" shortly after a bomb detonated at the nearby state police command.



She said the operation appeared to be well-timed, as it was executed at a time when people were scampering for safety following the explosions.

"They just came into the barracks in mobile police uniforms soon after the explosions at the police command and took the advantage of the situation shooting every person they saw running for safety," she told Daily Trust yesterday.

"These men deceived us by wearing mobile police uniforms and giving impression they were only there for a rescue mission; they took us by surprise when they started shooting every person they saw," the officer said.

After the indiscriminate shootings in the open, the men then went house-to-house in the barracks killing people including those who took cover inside toilets, she said.

"The following day dead bodies littered all over the place. It was a sad day indeed; we will never forget this day in life," she added.

Police Corporal Aliu Abdullahi also told Reuters news agency he saw men in Police uniform shooting people indiscriminately.

"We were in the mess when we saw people running and heard gunshots from the gate, I saw them shooting. You could not differentiate the Boko Haram members from our Police Mobile Force men because they wore the same uniform," Aliu, who survived multiple gunshots, said.

"They were more than 50. As I tried to run a bullet hit me on my left hand and another shot hit me on my chest I fell," he added.

Another witness said he saw close to 50 assailants when they attacked the police barracks and "killed every person inside except women and children."

He said began to climb the wall before they saw him and fired, hitting and injuring him.

The witness, who declined to give his name, said "all of them were dressed in either Mobile Police uniforms or Army camouflage. They also wore black cloth under their service caps. They appeared were more professional in the operation than the military."



A resident of the neighbourhood surrounding the barracks said at least 100 people were killed at the barracks alone. He said the place was now a 'ghost town' as most of the residents had taken refuge in other parts of the city.

He said the barracks which used to be safe place for refugees whenever there were religious or ethnic crisis in town was now deserted.

Daily Trust learnt that the attack on the residence of the Assistant Inspector General of Police was carried out also by unidentified uniformed men who, obviously planning to kidnap the AIG's family, told security men on guard that they were sent to take his family to a safe place.

When it was clear they could not succeed, they opened fire and the armed guards returned fire and in the process two of the AIG's personal staff were killed.

Death toll climbs

The coordinated series of bomb blasts and shooting sprees mostly targeting police stations on Friday has left at least 250 people dead, according to medics, making this by far the deadliest attack claimed by the Boko Haram sect.

One doctor told the AFP news agency that the final toll was likely to be about 250.

"Although the bulk of the bodies were brought here [the main hospital], others were deposited at three other hospitals," the doctor said.

Aid workers were still collecting bodies from the streets yesterday.

Kano police authorities are yet to speak since the incident took place last Friday as they refused to respond to any enquiry on anything related to the explosions.

Govt relaxes curfew

The Kano State Government yesterday relaxed the 24-hour curfew earlier imposed on the state following Friday's bomb blasts and gun attacks.

Information Commissioner Umar Faruk Jibril announced the relaxation to newsmen in Kano, saying the curfew would now take effect from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.



Jibril said the measure was meant to allow the people to conduct their activities within the scheduled period, and thanked them for complying with the initial curfew.

Emir weeps as Jonathan visist

Apparently overwhelmed by the level of the carnage, Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero yesterday shed tears when President Goodluck Jonathan visited him at his palace.

The emir was seen repeatedly wiping away tears from his face while delivering his emotion-laden speech.

Bayero urged the Federal Government to increase the number of security personnel in the state to beef up security given the size of the state. "The security personnel in Kano are not sufficient enough to give the state the necessary protection in crisis situation," he said.

He said the state has only 8,300 police officers to protect over nine million people.

Earlier, President Jonathan said government would not rest until it wiped out all forms of terrorism in the country.

"We cannot allow these terrorists to keep terrorising us. We will not rest until we wipe all forms of terrorism in this country so that terrorist will have no place to live in the country," he said.

"I am urging every one of us to try and know his neighbour and what he is doing as a profession so that you can do self-policing for yourselves before you are taken unawares," Jonathan said.

"You people should be assisting the securities with useful information that will help them do their work effectively. If you don't assist the securities and things continue to happen, one day it will consume all of us," he added.

He said the Federal Government would collaborate with the state government to assist victims of the attacks, and assured that government would assist in boosting irrigation farming in Kano to provide employment opportunities.

Cars found with bombs

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Two cars, a Honda Civic with registration number BB 748 NSR, Kano and a Kia with registration number FD 966 LND, were found yesterday wired with locally made explosives along Eastern Bypass in Kano city.

Police personnel recovered eight explosives locally made with cans of drinks and cigarette filters in the two vehicles.

Other items recovered include a kerosene stove, an old electricity metre and electric wires. The items were being kept in police custody.

But efforts to get the police to confirm the incident proved abortive as access was denied in to the police headquarters and the telephone of the police spokesman was switched off.

Witnesses said the cars were noticed parked there since last Friday evening during the time when multiple bomb explosions rocked the city. The Honda vehicle was found parked at NNPC mega station while the Kia was parked few metres away, at Chula filling station along the bypass

Jesus, the attacks in Kano were quite similar to those in Pakistan. This is really bad.

All Northern Religious/Political/Corporate Leaders should please sip another cup of STFU!!!   The last 4 decades have seen ethno-religious conflicts spiralling out of control with no visible effort at understanding or preparing scenarios where they can be resolved. so-called soft measures have resulted in a situation where practically every Nigerian knows (without really thinking) ,how to attack the Nation's Security Agencies with highly effective results  

This is pathetic. It is high tide we overhaul our security system in Nigeria. Mr. President please take charge to address terrorism in Nigeria. This bloodletting is unacceptable. Only God knows who is next.

what the hell is going on this days in naija this is a poor record for GEJ and is Co members hmmmmmmmn!  

insecurity situation. How come the driver was not caught??

Only one thing thrives well in Nigeria: can we all say CORRUPTION Pls?

[size=18pt]JONESNATHAN MUST GO![/size]

Kano: Arrests have been made – President

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KANO, (AFP) – President Goodluck Jonathan said Sunday that arrests have been made over attacks in the city of Kano that killed at least 166 people and that the supporters of Boko Haram group were being pursued.


President Goodluck Jonathan visited Kano city on Sunday after one of the deadliest waves of attacks in the country.

Jonathan, facing the biggest crisis of his rule, arrived in the city to see the extent of damages caused by the coordinated bombings and gunbattles that rocked Kano in attacks claimed by the Boko Haram.group.

“A terrorist attack on one person is an attack on all of us,” Jonathan said as he inspected sites targeted in the violence, and met the city’s top Muslim traditional leader, Emir Ado Bayero, pledging to boost security.

“Some arrests have been made. Some died in the process. Some were suicide bombers,” Jonathan said in a BBC interview during the visit.

“There must be people who are sponsoring them. Terrorists all over the world have their source of income,” he said

“We are also looking into those areas to make sure that the so-called Boko Haram… those who are encouraging them, those who are sponsoring them, shall be brought to book.”

Asked about numbers of Boko Haram members, he said: “Nobody can say for now, because you know that they are not organised armed forces.”

Coordinated bombings and gunbattles rocked Kano after Friday prayers in attacks claimed by Boko Haram that targeted a police headquarters and other police stations, a secret police building and immigration offices.

Gunfire also erupted in several areas of the city, which had escaped the worst of the violence blamed on the Islamist group in recent months.

GEJ is not only a s.lowpoke, he is also a l.iar.

Since the northerners don't want Gej to rule well,he should allow them to kill themselves.I really known that Gej is trying his best to secure dis country.Even the muslim securities are supporting these beasts called boko haram.As for the christians living in north ,theyshould leave that zone and come south, whether u are from here or not.They should not allow dis beasts to eat them.

he escaped!

they actually set up road blocks along the police headquarters and killed mostly Christians, for one to pass through the road block you have to recite kalmar sha'adah just to prove you are a muslim!!!

We have incompetent intelligence agencies.What do we expect when the criteria for getting into an intelligence agency is quota and cronyism?This is why we have intelligence agencies populated by people who lack intelligence.God help us

I think we should review our arm laws 2 allow adults own guns for protection coz de govt aint ready 2 protect us. So depressin to be killed lyk a helpless chicken

bloodmason:

they actually set up road blocks along the police headquarters and killed mostly Christians, for one to pass through the road block you have to recite kalmar sha'adah just to prove you are a muslim!!!

Are you sure about this?

News from Kano suggests confused police opened fire on civilians running into the barracks for safety, confusing them for attackers. If confirmed true that would explain such high casualty numbers.

abdnMe:

News from Kano suggests confused police opened fire on civilians running into the barracks for safety, confusing them for attackers. If confirmed true that would explain such high casualty numbers.

If it was true, then more than four people wouldnt have died.
Because their is difference in movement between someone running from something and someone attacking with something.

Now make it a group of people, and calculate how shots a police man would have released before knowing that
Hey! am shooting civilians.

Just about four or five .

on the off-chance that they stage attacks in other regions - I think it would be wise for Non-muslims to start memorizing some parts of the koran especially the ones they ask you to recite failing, they cut your bowels open. better pretend-islam than dead mofo

These guys are insane - this is beyond political ideology and religion indoctrination.

3kay945:

Are you sure about this?

i stay in kano!!!

abdnMe:

News from Kano suggests confused police opened fire on civilians running into the barracks for safety, confusing them for attackers. If confirmed true that would explain such high casualty numbers.

confused? so they had to head back to the barracks and start shooting their colleagues, plssssssss!

how long will this nation experience this?
GEJ shld lower his pride n call 4 help if he doesnt know wat to do.

ak47mann:

The witness, who declined to give his name, said "all of them were dressed in either Mobile Police uniforms or Army camouflage. They also wore black cloth under their service caps. [size=14pt]They appeared were more professional in the operation than the military."[/size]

They are most likely soldiers.

I wonder if the govt was able to track all the Nigerian soldiers that served in Gaddafi's army? That is the most likely source of such expertise in boko haram.
Even without being told, it is clear that the attack on Kano was to sophisticated to have been carried out any, but professionally trained soldiers.