Boko Haram: Tight Security at Police HQ
Headlines, Nigerian Police Saturday, November 12th, 2011
Boko Haram suicide bomb attack on Police Headquarters
By Yemi Akinsuyi
Barely one week after about 100 people lost their lives in the blasts suspected to have been perpetrated by the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram in Damaturu, Yobe State and Borno State, federal government establishments, including the Force Headquarters in Abuja were yesterday tightly secured by security operatives.
The heavily armed security personnel were seen diverting all vehicles away from the Force Headquarters and other key building in the Federal Capital Territory.
THISDAY checks revealed that some Boko Haram members had on Thursday night sent a warning letter to the Police, threatening to bomb the Force Headquarters, as well as federal government establishments in Abuja and its environs. Security operatives in large number, especially Anti-Bomb Squad team were seen all over key offices and government establishment in Abuja, diverting all vehicles from the front of the buildings as far as two kilometres away from such buildings.
Also vehicles were not allowed to park near the buildings, while workers and visitors to the buildings were subjected to intense screening before being allowed in.
When THISDAY visited some of the establishments, it was like the proverbial camel passing through the eye of a needle. At a point, the security checks at the entrance to most of the buildings became unbearable.
-ThisDay
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