Boko Haram: Worshippers desert churches in Jos

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Plateau, State News Monday, March 19th, 2012

FOLLOWING new arrangements put in place by the security operatives in Plateau State to arrest the spate of suicide bombings, most churches in Jos, the state capital on Sunday, recorded a low turnout.

At a meeting with the stakeholders, including religious leaders last week, the security operatives in the state reeled off new security arrangements, including barricading of roads leading to various places of worships within the state capital and construction of speed breakers along some routes.

As early as 6.00 a.m. on Sunday, a combined team of men of the Special Task Force and the police mounted checkpoints at every nook and cranny of the city, making vehicular movements difficult while commercial motorcycles were not allowed in some areas.

Nigerian Tribune findings revealed that because of the long queue occasioned by the checking, some worshippers, out of frustration, returned home when it was becoming difficult for them to reach their destinations, while some who had noticed the difficulties stayed back.

It was learnt that the barricade lasted till 12.00 noon after which the roads were opened up for free flow of traffic. Some people deliberately stayed indoors based on the experiences of the previous weeks within the city.

A cross section of people who spoke with Nigerian Tribune commended the security operatives for their initiatives, adding that the exercise should be intensified until the solution was found to the problem of Boko Haram.

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