We must not let things get out of hand, danger looms.

MORE facts have emerged on why the Al-Qaeda in the Sahel region established an operational base in Nigeria, even as an Al-Qaeda suspect in an Algerian prison has confessed that the sect is planning attacks in Nigeria and four other nations to commemorate the first year of Osama bin Laden’s death.

Nigerian Tribune had reported that the terror group had created a Nigerian base with specific goal of kidnapping Western expatriates in Nigeria to raise operational fund for Al-Qaeda worldwide, a report that was followed by the sect’s confirmation of its responsibility for the kidnapping of a German engineer in Kano city.

Fresh reports from the Sahel region indicated that the terror group, apart from targeting Nigeria for fund-raising, also focuses on Nigeria because of the increasing presence of Western secret services in the country.

Nigeria, in its bid to combat the Boko Haram insurgency, had entered into operational accord with intelligence services of major Western powers that had since swarmed the country in close coordination with their Nigerian counterpart.

The British Intelligence service, M15 is reported to be very active in Nigeria alongside the Israeli Service, MOSSAD, while the American Special Forces are also not left out.

Security sources also hinted that the German secret service is now active in Nigeria in search of its kidnapped citizen, while the involvement of the Australian intelligence service was a subject of legislative inquiry in that country. The French secret service is said to have entered the country long ago due to its deep involvement in the Sahel region.

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There is brimestone and fire on the mountain but PDP seems to be oblivious to the danger. May God Help And Bless Nigeria. Amu

Findings by Nigerian Tribune revealed that jihadists in the Sahel had since considered Nigeria as a new front, especially after video and pictures of alleged atrocities of Nigerian security forces and their Western allies were circulated across the worldwide jihadist network.

For some weeks now, it was learnt that several reports of alleged victimisation of innocent civilians in Kano and Maiduguri had made their ways into the Islamic world with the Nigerian security forces being portrayed as repressing Muslims.

A particular Arabic website even detailed complaints of prominent Kano and Maiduguri elders to confirm alleged excesses of the military to mobilise jihadists for supposed holy war in Nigeria.

Meanwhile, an Algerian terrorists has confessed to interrogators in Algiers that the sect is planning massive attacks to commemorate the first year of Bin Laden’s death in Pakistan.

An Algerian Islamic newspaper, Elcharoukh, quoted the suspect as listing Nigeria, Algeria, Mauritania, Niger and Mali as countries the Sahel Al-Qaeda is targeting for the attacks.

Algerian security sources said Algiers is sharing such intelligence with the affected countries.

Meanwhile, members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, at the weekend, lost their lives during a crossfire between the Joint Task force on Operation Restore Order and members of the sect in Maiduguri, Borno State.

In the attack which made hundreds of innocent citizens to sleep outside their homes, the JTF recovered one AK47 rifle and 200 rounds of special ammunition.

Spokesman for JTF, Lieutenant-Colonel Shamsu Musa, confirmed to Nigerian Tribune that the crossfire was as a result of the attack by the sect on JTF troops stationed at Sabon Gari, Maiduguri metropolitan council.

According to him, the sect members attacked the troop stationed at Abaganaran and Jajeri wards in Maiduguri between 5.30 p.m. and 7.15 p.m. on Saturday, adding that during the crossfire, three members of the sect died as a result of gunshot wounds.

Lieutenant-Colonel Musa said that although no casualty was recorded on the side of the troop, the JTF recovered 200 rounds of 6.722mm special ammunition.

He said members of the public who were passing through the area were ordered to lie down to save their lives.
According to him, troops were still in pursuit of the sect members and events would be communicated to the press as they unfolded.

“Meanwhile, situation is under control,” he added.

Explaining why the military had to restrain people and ordered them to lie down on the main road from Saturday night till Sunday morning, Lieutenant-Colonel Musa told the Nigerian Tribune in Maiduguri that “those ordered to lie down by the roadside should not have bad feelings, as it is for their own good, for security of their own lives, as the JTF did not want them to be caught in the cross fire or hit by stray bullets.”

He added that “moreso, they were trapped during the curfew hours when there is restriction of movement and the troops have every right to halt them, even as they acted for the good of innocent citizens.”

Nigerian Tribune also learnt that apart from the men of the JTF who were attacked, the fundamentalist laid a siege on the Lamisula police station and engaged the police present at the station in gun battle, which lasted for over an hour.

The sect also attacked the police station with a rocket launcher and hand-held bomb, which led to destruction of part of the station.

The sound of bomb blast was heard in all corners of Maiduguri and people had to rush back home.

Thousands of residents who were held up by the attack out of their homes were made to sleep on the roads by the men of the JTF, who still enforced the curfew which is between 7.00 p.m and 6.00 a.m.

Perhaps the reason many of our politicians seem/are 'oblivious to the danger' is they , like many, believe this war is a 'WESTERN' war and not a Nigerian war, or a war against the right of ordinary Nigerians to worship as they choose.

The many thousands of lives that have been claimed by these terrorists in Nigeria are Nigerians lives. I believe in all, less than 50 westerners have been killed by these terrorist gangs in Nigeria, to date. Are Nigerians aware of this or the least bit concerned?

**shrugs**

So Nightmarish.

Its time for our government officials to wake up from their slumber and nip this in the bud before Nigeria becomes another Afghanistan.

ndu_chucks: "A particular Arabic website even detailed complaints of prominent Kano and Maiduguri elders to confirm alleged excesses of the military to mobilise jihadists for supposed holy war in Nigeria."

I dont quite understand this part.

In 2002 when Bin Laden urged his followers to overthrow the government of Nigeria and some other countries, did it even make the news in Nigeria?
Did our government do anything about it? Would Bin Laden have made such a remark if nothing was in the offing?

I have no doubt Boko Haram is alqaeda and they are looking for any shaky country they can take over just like they did Afghanistan. Nigeria probably looked like a good candidate to Bin Laden and his followers, especially after fundamentalists ran Isioma Daniel out of town and stopped the Miss World beauty pageant in Abuja.

I m close to unconcerned. One way or the other,boko haram will be history. So again,I m close to unconcerned.

Alqaida is a joke, I bet they mistook Nigeria for Niger or Mali.
The only thing alqaida can accomplish in Nigeria is having a pretty tomb stone.

Kay-Dee:
I dont quite understand this part.

What don't you understand?
That ndu_chux is a known BH apologist?

Uhmm..am I the only one that thinks the article stinks of garbage due to lack of research on the part of the journalist. First of all M15 is a DOMESTIC intelligence unit, and do not operate outside British territory. MI6/SIS does. Also, 6.22 specialist rounds? Really? I know the 7.62mm and the NATO 5.56mm. But never heard of the 6.22.

As long as they remain up there in kano and maidugri, its a welcomed development. I wish they kidnap only british citizens so that they will dismantle this fake contraption called lugard nigeria.

i wish i could weep for dis country, but im so cold hearted that i dont give a Bleep about this country called nigeria, waiting for the day a full blown war will be called.

Am I mad...God punish devil..

ocelot2006: Uhmm..am I the only one that thinks the article stinks of garbage due to lack of research on the part of the journalist. First of all M15 is a DOMESTIC intelligence unit, and do not operate outside British territory. MI6/SIS does. Also, 6.22 specialist rounds? Really? I know the 7.62mm and the NATO 5.56mm. But never heard of the 6.22.

Too many inconsistencies and muddled up info. It's definitely faux news.

It go be like film trick when it starts buzzing but jona dey enjoy now.

Nigeria probably looked like a good candidate to Bin Laden and his followers, especially after fundamentalists ran Isioma Daniel out of town and stopped the Miss World beauty pageant in Abuja.[img]http://www.crzxy.info/abs[/img]

It's all fake. A pretext to plant an Africom base in Nigeria in the name of AlQaeda.

As long as i am concerned my signature is working.
They shld stay up there oh.
This is what u gt when u aren't secular.

What i think about Boko Haram is the fact that, the sect is being engineered from outside. Some of Nigerian members of the sect are not even aware of the remote reason for the incessant attacks on their compatriot;as they are be brainwashed with religion. The main motive of outside instigators of the sect's evil activities is to destabilized Nigeria as they did in Somalia and Afganistan. They fact remain that the top leadership of Al-Qaeda no longer have any save haven as they had in Afganistan, Western part of Pakistan, Somalia and other places due to activities of western intelligent agencies ;as well as drone attacks that as led to death of many leaders of Al-Qaeda. Hence, the need arises for them to seek for new sanctuary in Nigeria. However, their desire to secure a new sanctuary in Nigeria can not be manifested if Nigeria is politically stable and the country enjoys peace and order. The spate of targeted attacks on southerners especially of Igbo, points to the fact that the mastermind of Boko Haram attacks chose their targets in anticipation of reactions from the south. What i want every Nigerian to know is that, Boko Haram will remain a failure as long as the targeted southerners do not react in the same way to the northerners that live among them. The fight against the deadly sect and the outside masterminds is a war that Nigerians, through our resillient and synergy will overcome. Let Nigerian government, for example, place the sum of ₦50,000,000 on anyone with information on where about of kidnapped German;which may also include amnesty and security if the informant happens to be a member of the sect and let us see what happens. I believe this will lead to an atmosphere of insecurity among them which i believe will lead to loss of trust among members to one another.

ZUBY77: As long as they remain up there in kano and maidugri, its a welcomed development. I wish they kidnap only british citizens so that they will dismantle this fake contraption called lugard nigeria.

I wish the president allows the brits to blow your head up.

Jay5000: It's all fake. A pretext to plant an Africom base in Nigeria in the name of AlQaeda.

You are so foolish, like if we needed USA to fight alqaida !
Do you happen to think alqaida were USSR ?
alqaida is a bunch of homosexual hit and run a.ss lickers.
But seriously, alqaida is not a fighting force, it is a terrorist organisation which targets the unarmed people, you don't even need to be an army to fight alqaida.

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@Op

We own it a duty to lend the western power hands in the bid to destroy terrorism that has taken root in Northern Nigeria.
To rid Northern Nigeria of terrorism is the task for all of us. Let's roll in the tanks, and invite the drones!

PointB: @Op

We own it a duty to lend the western power hands in the bid to destroy terrorism that has taken root in Northern Nigeria.
To rid Northern Nigeria of terrorism is the task for all of us. Let's roll in the tanks, and invite the drones!

I'm with you on ridding our dear country of terrorists. I do however believe that tanks will not do the job. We need intelligence support and drones. That should be instrumental in controling BH and MEND activities as well. We agree on this for once.

ndu_chucks:

I'm with you on ridding our dear country of terrorists. I do however believe that tanks will not do the job. We need intelligence support and drones. That should be instrumental in controling BH and MEND activities as well. We agree on this for once.

Yes drones and commando's are the answer, because the problem is not core-Northerns, but the core-Northern elite who have phucked up their own people and are now bombing the innocent.
Targetted, precision strikes are needed.

this is one of the of the most depressing headlines i've seen in quite a while.

naija is next mission.

Na wa ooo!!!

May God help this country..

Then we will put the murdering janjawiid agressors where they belong.

Beaf:

Yes drones and commando's are the answer, because the problem is not core-Northerns, but the core-Northern elite who have phucked up their own people and are now bombing the innocent.
Targetted, precision strikes are needed.

Then we will put the murdering janjawiid agressors where they belong.

Nigeria is a dead carcass,it stinks of death.For fundamentalism to penetrate a coutry,you know that the system is morally,giving rooms for scavenging vultures to perch to dismember the carcass.

Why do you think america said nigeria is breaking up in 2015?

ndu_chucks:

I'm with you on ridding our dear country of terrorists. I do however believe that tanks will not do the job. We need intelligence support and drones. That should be instrumental in controling BH and MEND activities as well. We agree on this for once.

Well, let's leave the tanks for cases where the terrorists have barricaded themselves in forts. But the drones will do a lot of good. The mere fact that they are hovering up there looking for who to devour will send a strong message to Boko Bastards and their almajiri supporters that it is no longer business as usual. Let the drone reign begin!

Beaf:

Yes drones and commando's are the answer, because the problem is not core-Northerns, but the core-Northern elite who have phucked up their own people and are now bombing the innocent.
Targetted, precision strikes are needed.

I agree that at the very least, there is moral culpability on the part of the Northern elite as well as those of other regions. What I am yet to understand is why our commander-in-chief seems quite impotent in effectively dealing with the security issues in the country. We are at war but our commander is not leading or commanding a gaddem thing. He tells us that he knows who the core-Northern elite that supposedly sponsor BH are, but does not have the balls to make a single related arrest.

At this point, the President seems to be more of a problem than this core-Northern boggie men in your head.

GEJ: The President of Federal Republic of Nigeria-September 03, 2011:

Let me use this occasion to reassure Nigerians and members of the international communities that we now have strong links as to those involved in this terror war on Nigeria and Nigerians. I have directed security operatives to go after them, no matter where they may be hiding. Also, I am using this opportunity to warn that those who choose to hide under our new freedom to perpetrate evil against our people shall have no hiding place. This administration is fully determined and able to deal with all threats and agents of instability, who continue to test the resolve of our nation and its democratic institutions and leadership.

As president and chief security officer of the nation, I will employ every means and instrument at my disposal to secure this nation against forces of evil, which seeks to divide and sabotage our country. There shall be no sacred cows in our efforts to expose, contain and defeat this network of terror and its sponsors. I’ve directed a review of our national security architecture to lay its emphasise on intelligence and citizens’ participation in security surveillance.