I hope the citizens as well as the security apparatus of this state have not grown complacent. The rumors / news trickling down seems to suggest a clear and present danger just might be lurking around the corner. May God see us through

"Boko Haram Hideout In Ijora, Lagos
Discovered By Soldiers
Two suspected Boko Haram members were arrested at a house
in Ijora, Lagos yesterday by soldiers acting on a tip off. The
soldiers found AK-47 rifles, bomb, cartridges, daggers etc
hidden in the apartment. Below is how Punch reported it:
‘Fear gripped many residents of Lagos on Thursday when
news filtered in that troops numbering about 100 stormed
terror suspects’ hideouts in Ijora, a densely populated part of
the city.
‘The soldiers, who were assisted by men of the State Security
Service, were believed to have acted on a tip-off. They were
said to have arrived in the area around 7am in search of the
suspects said to be members of an Islamic fundamentalist
sect, Boko Haram.
It was learnt that their search yielded fruits when two persons
were arrested at 24 Aromire Street and three others at a
location in an adjacent street. The soldiers then ransacked the
building at Aromire Street where one of the arrested persons,
Ibrahim Musa, occupies five rooms. A bomb kept in a cooler
and hidden inside the ceiling of one of the rooms in Musa’s
apartment was recovered by the soldiers.
‘Musa, who a security source described as an illegal alien from
Chad, was said to be leader of the suspects. It was also
claimed that the Boko Haram Suspects rented the apartment
and paid for 9 straight years.
‘Other items found were AK-47 rifles, cartridges and daggers.
‘The security source, who craved anonymity, added the raid
was as a result of an investigation which began a month ago.
He said, “Security agents got information a month ago that
there was a terrorist hideout in the Seven-Up area of Ijora.
Although we were not sure if they were Boko Haram members
or not, we did not want to take any chances so we decided to
go and raid the place.
“It was discovered that the place was being run by a Chadian
and arms were recovered during the raid, including AK-47
riffles. Investigations are ongoing and those who are found not
culpable will be released.”
Musa’s neighbour, who craved anonymity, told one of our
correspondents that they did not suspect he was a member of
Boko Haram.
He said the suspect moved into the house less than three
months ago.
“Musa rented his apartment about three months ago.
However, since he moved in with his wife, who recently had a
baby and a brother, none of them had any known form of
livelihood. Musa and his brother, particularly were always
going about with their laptops and expensive phones.
“Though he (Musa) was not working, he was usually the first to
pay for anything in the house. It was when the soldiers came
that we got to know what they truly are. It was in the course of
beating him (Musa) that he told the soldiers where he hid the
bomb and guns.”
Another resident of the area, who identified himself simply as
Olu, said that when the suspects were being taken away by the
soldiers “we did not know they were living here. When soldiers
were taking them away, we wondered if they were living in the
neighbourhood. It was my neighbour, who told me he had seen
Musa once or twice,” he said.
Olu said when the soldiers were going, they told them to be
vigilant in the area, saying Boko Haram members had infiltrated
the area, particularly the Hausa settlement. When one of our
correspondents met the Ojora of Ijora, Oba Fatai Adeyinka,
he said he was shocked that Boko Haram members had
infiltrated the area.
The spokesman for the Army 81 Division, Colonel Kingsley
Umoh, confirmed the raid but said the army had been carrying
out constant raids across the state in response to the rising
level of insecurity in the country.
Umoh said over 36 people had been arrested recently. He
however said he had yet to receive the details of Thursday’s
operation.
He said, “The Nigerian Army is carrying out a proactive
approach. We are raiding every nook and cranny of the state in
order to rid it of criminal elements. We are not ignorant of the
insecurity in the country so we are carrying out preventive
measures and we want to make sure that Lagos is safe for all
its inhabitants.
“The raids have been in collaboration with sister agencies like
the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, the SSS, the police
and others. It is the OP MESA of the army that is at the
forefront of the raids and we have recorded many successes of
late as we have also arrested some soldiers who were found
wanting.
“I will not be able to brief you fully about Thursday’s raid.”
Lagos State Director, SSS, Achu Olayi, also confirmed the raid
but said that it was too soon for him to say if the suspects
were Boko Haram members or not.
The raid on Thursday on the predominantly Hausa settlement
came a month after the SSS uncovered a terror network
coordinated by Iranians in Lagos.
The SSS had said while parading a leader of an Islamic sect,
Abdullahi Berende, and two others that they believed that the
operators of the Iranian terror cell were gathering information
about Israelis and Americans living in Nigeria."

source :mymindsnaps./2013/03/22/boko-haram-hideout-in-ijora-lagos-discovered-by-soldiers/

And why re we like this? Every n anything we cee with Bombs n guns is bokoram, dis is 1 show our low sense of understanding n ignorant intellectual mediocrity. Nonsense! This were just hoodlums

Those in d south that thinks what is in the north cannot cross-over to the south shld start praying hard. It is evident we are all in trouble in this country.

Raymondenyi: And why re we like this? Every n anything we cee with Bombs n guns is boko haram, dis is 1 show our low sense of understanding n ignorant intellectual mediocrity. Nonsense! This were just hoodlums

I hope, and I mean i really hope you are right.
But check this out, The Lagos state commissioner of Police as claimed that he has now idea or fore-knowledge of any raid carried out within his jurisdiction.
The raid was carried out according to the report by Operatives of the Operation Mesa (OP Mesa), a joint security outfit, comprising members of the armed forces and those of the State Security Service (SSS)

It show a nation-wide operation, hoodlums do not attract such high-powered team. They even bypassed the Lagos State Compol

bros think well

http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/03/22/100-soldiers-storm-suspected-boko-haram-hideouts-in-lagos-recovers-arms-and-explosives/

http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/03/23/lagos-commissioner-of-police-denies-knowledge-of-boko-haram-members-arrest/