Boko Haram Takes Over ASHAKA Cement Factory
Category: Boko Haram News
Boko Haram members yesterday launched a three-pronged attack in Gombe State, targeting Nafada, Bajoga and Ashaka.
Ashaka is the location of a cement manufacturing company which was
incorporated in August 1974 and commenced production in 1979 under the
name Ashaka Cement Company Limited.
The Company was initiated by the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank
Limited in collaboration with Blue Circle Industries Plc UK (now LAFARGE
SA), the Nigerian Bank for Commerce and Industry, Northern Nigeria
Investment Limited and the Government of the then North- Eastern State
(now Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States). AshakaCem
Plc recently became a full subsidiary of Lafarge SA.
Sources indicate the heavily armed militants arrived in convoy of
pick up vans and began shooting indiscriminately at workers after the
security guards at the company fled into the bush.
The presence of foreigners in the facility raises the possibility of BH taking them as hostages.
In a recent video, Shekau revealed that a German kidnapped earlier in the year was in their custody.
Taking over the Cement plant gives BH access to explosives and vehicles,
which seems to be the primary objective of the operation.
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