LAGOS — LAGOS State
Government, weekend, urged
residents to disregard
insinuations of imminent attack
on the state by the Boko Haram
Islamic sect and its breakaway faction, Jama’atu Ansaral
Muslimana Fi Biladis –Sudan,
saying the state was safe. The government, however,
stepped up security around
Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja, the
seat of goverment. The restriction order issued by
the government to vehicle
owners without permit from
using car park few kilometres
from the Secretariat, has been
intensified. A source told Vanguard that
“any staff who intends to carry
out an official assignment at the
weekend, henceforth, must
obtain permit from the Head of
Service, HOS, Mr. Adesegun Ogunlewe, before he or she could
be allowed into the premises. This came as the government
ordered members of the National
Union of Road Transport
Workers, NURTW, in Ojuelegba
Bridge to vacate the area
immediately for security purpose. Speaking on the rumour of
impending attack, Commissioner
for Information and Strategy,
Lateef Ibirogba, and his
counterpart in the Ministry of
Environment, Tunji Bello, said the government had already put
measures in place to ensure
adequate protection of lives and
property in the state. They spoke 24 hours after
rumour started spreading that
both Islamist sects were
planning to attack the state, the
commercial nerve centre of the
country. According to Ibirogba: “I will say
categorically that Lagos is safe.
Lagosians should not entertain
any fear. We have done all we are
supposed to do for Lagosians’
safety. I want to tell them to go about their normal duties
without entertaining any fear.
The idea of Boko Haram coming
to attack Lagos is nothing to
scare anybody. “This is a proactive government
and Lagosians have confidence
in their government. Lagos is
home to everybody and I don’t
think anybody in a right frame of
mind will want to extend act of terrorism or violence to Lagos.
No matter how you look at it
people have one interest or the
other in Lagos.” On Ojuelegba Bridge, Bello, said
the decision to relocate the
transporters became necessary
to clean up the place and get rid
of some unscrupulous elements
hiding in the park to perpetrate evil at night. He said the Kick Against
Indiscipline, KAI, would now
occupy the park and ensure the
transporters polluting the place
did not return.
www.vanguardngr.com/2013/02/lagos-govt-allays-fear-of-attack-by-boko-haram/

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