As the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations get into top
gear, threat text messages in circulation
have thrown Bauchi residents into panic,
with security agents on the alert. According
to unconfirmed sources, text messages
warned of invasion of the state capital by
Islamists at the prayer to end Ramadan
with bombs and guns.
One resident, Abdullahi Magaji, who lives
in Doya, showed a text message sent to
him by somebody he did not know. The
text read:
“Asalaamailakun. This is to inform you that
our people will be in Bauchi to celebrate
the Eid el Fitr along with you with our guns
and bombs either Saturday or Sunday.Be
sure you receive our people .
Salaamuailaikum’’.
Other people have also reported that they
have received similar messages from
people they do not know. The messages
were said to have displayed neither a name
nor number.
Meanwhile, security agents have stepped
up checks on motorists and pedestrians in
Bauchi State ahead of the end of Ramadan
prayers. Security patrols were intensified
especially in densely populated areas of
the Bauchi metropolis and the suburbs of
Yelwa (crisis prone area), Bayara, Guru,
Wuntin Dada, and Tsohon Kanfani, along
Bauchi -Jos Road.
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