•Sect frees 7 detained members
, Another bomb found in Kaduna
•Armed gunman arrested at Maiduguri market
, Three policemen shot dead in Minna
From ABDULGAFAR ALABELEWE, Kaduna, TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri and AKIN ALOFETEKUN, Minna
Friday February 17, 2012


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Boko Haram said yesterday that it was behind the raid on Koton.Karfi Prison in Kogi State when Corporal Richard Sesan was killed on Wednesday. In the 30-minute attack, the Islamist sect said it set free 119 inmates of the prison according to a Boko Haram statement, even as another bomb was found in Kaduna yesterday, 48 hours after a policeman was blown up while trying to defuse a device.

The development, coincided with the discovery of a bomb in Kaduna yesterday, 48 hours after a policeman was blown up trying to detonate an explosive even as the people at Baga Market in Maiduguri, Borno State arrested an armed Boko Haram suspect.

This is even as the apex Islamic body in the North, Jama’atu Nasri Islam (JNI) added a new twist to the Boko Haram menace, saying, Christians are behind the spate of terror attacks. Three policemen were killed by the sect in Minna, Niger State, yesterday.
“We staged the operation to rescue seven of our members there and Allah made it possible for the operation to be successful,” the sect told reporters in a conference call.

“They are safely in one of our camps”. One warder was killed in a shootout that erupted after gunmen hurled explosives at the gate of the jail Wednesday night, prisons officials said. Hadiza Aminu, the prison’s spokeswoman in the state, said the gunmen emptied the jail of all its inmates except one. At least 25 of them were recaptured Thursday, she said.

Mrs. Aminu said yesterday that the re-arrested inmates were picked up at different locations in Koton-karfi and other surrounding villages along Lokoja-Abuja highway between Wednesday night and yesterday morning.
She said that the service had launched a manhunt for the remaining inmates, urging them to report themselves voluntarily to the service immediately.

Meanwhile, barely 48 hours after a policeman was blown up by a bomb in Kaduna, a bigger explosive device was yesterday found at Mounted Troop Police Barracks, Kabala Doki in the metropolis. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that would have apparently caused more havoc was detonated by men of the police anti-bomb squad in Kaduna. The bomb which was placed beside a house inside the barracks was attractively packaged in a furniture adhesive container, was discovered by passers-by within the barracks.
Our reporter who visited the scene, gathered that strange faces who were not suspected to be bombers were noticed surveying the environment early yesterday.

An eyewitness told Daily Sun that, many children would have been victims if the bomb had exploded, adding that, the target area was the usual playground of children within the barrack. The eyewitness who simply put his name as Abdul, said his attention was drawn to the bomb by a child.
According to him, “a friend of mine even attempted to touch the bomb when a neighbour shouted at him from afar before we now left it. We now called the police”. “The Police Anti-bomb Squad came almost immediately and they were able to detonate the bomb and they took it away”.

However, there was a claim that the bomb was targeted at the ECWA Church located within the barrack, a development which was immediately dispelled by the Police. Police spokesman DSP Aminu Lawan said that the bomb was not meant for the church but police barracks. According to him, “the attention of the Police was called. Our anti-bomb squad promptly moved in. We saw the object. Our men then successfully detonated it. No one was hurt”. A new twist yesterday crept into the Boko Haram’s menace as the JNI claimed that Christians are behind the spate of attacks and killings by the sect.

The JNI declared that Christians were the ones disguising muslims to perpetuate terrorism in the country in the name of Boko Haram even as it advised the Federal Government to call Pastor Ayo Oristejafor, president, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to order over his utterances. But the Islamist sect had always said it is fighting to ensure strict Islamic principles that are opposed to Western education. Most of the attacks had been on churches, military and police formations.

JNI said thorough investigations must be made to unveil the sponsors of those Christian terrorists as the umbrella body of the Muslim community in the country can no longer tolerate what it regarded as a ‘double face attitude’.
The organisation made this declaration at the end of a three-day retreat of its zonal coordinators, state secretaries, public relations officers, and administrative officers held in Kaduna.

According to a communiqué signed by the JNI Secretary-General, Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, “CAN president must tell his people to stop mischievously disguising as Muslims in perpetuating acts of terrorism.“Federal and affected state governments as well as all security agents should, as a matter of urgency, investigate the several reported cases of Christians, who disguised as Muslims to burn churches.“JNI can no longer tolerate this double face attitude. Therefore, thorough investigations must also be made to unveil the sponsors of those Christian terrorists”, the communique reads.

It further stated that, “the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, instead of contributing positively towards achieving national cohesion has rather chosen the path of insinuation and therefore heating the polity”.

While it condemned in totality the ongoing spate of bombings and killings of innocent Nigerians irrespective of their regional, religious or ethnic inclinations, the communique lamented that, “there are so many contradictions and confusion in the way the issue of Boko Haram is handled by security agents and the media”.
“Majority of the media establishments in the country, especially the Christian-dominated southern media have always demonstrated bias against Islam and Muslims,” the communiqué said.

While urging Nigerians to shun violence and embrace peaceful means of settling their legitimate grievances, JNI called on the Federal Government to call Pastor Oritsejafor to order, adding that, that was necessary “before he causes religious crisis in the country through his unguarded utterances which have started eroding the long built mutual respect between Muslims and Christians”. “We want to remind all Christians in Nigeria, that our love for peace must not be mistaken as a license to make us second class citizens in a country where we constitute a majority.

“We condemn in strong terms all acts of terrorism perpetrated by any group in Nigeria. As we remain confused regarding whether the Boko Haram members are known by the government as clearly stated that they are in the government or they are faceless (as claimed by the National Security Adviser (NSA)”. “We also call on the media to always be fair in their reporting of issues as that is the only way we can understand issues as they are and take appropriate measure to address them”.

“JNI calls on Muslims to be vigilant and always report to the authorities any case of injustice and maltreatment meted on any Muslim either by Christian extremist or bad elements among the security agents. Copies of the complaints should be sent to the state offices of JNI attached with a comprehensive report of the incidents”.
“JNI calls on government at all levels to pay serious attention to the development of education as no society can progress without giving education its priority,” the group added. Meanwhile, a suspected Boko Haram gunman was arrested yesterday by the people at the popular Baga market in Maiduguri, Borno State capital while on the trail of his target.

According to the JTF spokesman, Lt Colonel Hassan Ifijeh Mohammed, the lone gunman who stormed the market at about 1pm yesterday, was apprehended by the gallantry of the people in the market. “The JTF wishes to commend the effort and gallantry displayed by the people in Baga market this afternoon when they assisted the JTF in the arrest of a gunman who entered the market to kill innocent people,” a release signed by the JTF PRO said. The task force noted that the people in the market have displayed that security was a collective responsibility, adding that the sect members were not invisible as they now chose to operate in market and highly concentrated areas.

The JTF urged other members of the public to emulate the effort of the people at Baga market and team up with security forces to ensure a lasting peace in the state. The JTF spokesman also told Daily Sun that the security agencies in the state would collaborate to ensure the safety of the people at the market that exhibited such gallantry and patriotism.

In a related development, at 8.45p.m, yesterday there were gunshots at the M.I Wushishi Housing Estate along Eastern Byepass, Minna. The residents alerted the police but unknown to them the three policemen manning the gate of the estate were the ones shot dead by people suspected to be Boko Haram. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Richard Ogwuche (ASP), confirmed the incident, saying the bodies have been taking to the hospital.



http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2012/feb/17/national-17-02-2011-001.html

to be honest nigerian security is in?, fill in the gab with correct word words

which christians?nonsense.yous guys should take timeoooo.u want to divert the attention of nigerians.hmm no way

According to a communiqué signed by the JNI Secretary-General, Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, “CAN president must tell his people to stop mischievously disguising as Muslims in perpetuating acts of terrorism.“Federal and affected state governments as well as all security agents should, as a matter of urgency, investigate the several reported cases of Christians, who disguised as Muslims to burn churches.“JNI can no longer tolerate this double face attitude. Therefore, thorough investigations must also be made to unveil the sponsors of those Christian terrorists”, the communique reads.

What a statement! Is not obvious that the JNI is in full support of Boko Haram?

dont mind those fullllllllllllll, soon ibb will  come out openly to confess  with him face swearing up after so many beating from u.s forces. time will tell

Does it matter? CHRISTIANS or MUSLIMS, who eva is involved,
plz
SHOOT AT SIGHT!

jamace:

What a statement! Is not obvious that the JNI is in full support of Boko Haram?

Bro, can you believe that bullshit? Why would Christians want to burn down churches? I thank God its becoming apparent, what is happening in the country.

These people are afraid of speaking against BH.