Boko Haram Working To Seize Kano, Kaduna, Niger, Kogi And Nasarawa States—Says Intelligence Source
Category: Boko Haram News
A high-level Nigerian security
source told SaharaReporters that Nigeria’s intelligence agencies have
received “credible reports that Boko Haram has developed an ambitious
plan to overwhelm and take over Kano, Kaduna, Niger, Kogi and Nasarawa
states.”
A high-level Nigerian security
source told SaharaReporters that Nigeria’s intelligence agencies have
received “credible reports that Boko Haram has developed an ambitious
plan to overwhelm and take over Kano, Kaduna, Niger, Kogi and Nasarawa
states.”
The source said the Islamist
terrorist group plans to carry out its design by intensifying its
bombings and choosing locations that would yield high casualty figures.
“Their move is to encircle
[Nigeria’s capital city of] Abuja and increase the level of political
instability in the country,” our source revealed.
The high-level intelligence agent
disclosed that the shape of the terror group’s plans have emerged from
the confessions of some Boko Haram insurgents who were captured
recently. “We have also acquired a lot of information about their [Boko
Haram’s] plans through our interrogation of Aminu Sadiq Oguche.” Mr.
Oguche, who was recently extradited to Nigeria from Sudan, is accused of
masterminding some of the recent high-profile bomb blasts in Nigeria,
including explosions at a bus station in Abuja that claimed more than
100 lives. In addition, security agents have gleaned “significant and
useful intelligence” from interrogating one Mohammed Zakari, described
as “the chief butcher” of Boko Haram. Mr. Zakari was recently arrested
in Bauchi, capital of Bauchi State.
Our source said that Nigeria’s
security agencies are stepping up counter-insurgency measures to
forestall Boko Haram’s plans to spread its tentacles to the states they
are targeting.
“Apart from information we have
gathered from interrogating suspects, we are also tracking critical
conversations by the group’s hierarchy and examining sensitive documents
recovered after recent raids on their bases in Bauchi, Jigawa and Borno
states,” the source said.
Our source added that President
Goodluck Jonathan and a few other government officials had been briefed
about the new threats by Boko Haram as well as the outline of the plans
to counter the group’s ambitious push.
A senior Islamic scholar in
Northern Nigeria, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said his
group was cooperating with the government to defeat Boko Haram. “We
discussed with President Jonathan when we met during the end of the
Ramadan fast and told him that we are ready to help stop Boko Haram. But
we also told him that this is something the government must take action
on. We’re doing our own, but we have limitations,” he said.
Culled From: Sahara Reporters
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