Boko Haram plot to attack South uncovered!

A plot by the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to extend its operations to the southern part of the country has been

uncovered by security agencies.

SATURDAY PUNCH investigations in Abuja on Friday showed that the sect had chosen some southern cities such as Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu, Onitsha and Warri for attacks.

It was learnt that following sustained attacks on the sect’s strongholds in Borno and Yobe states by security agencies, its members had dispersed to other parts of the country.

Security sources said that the group, which had carried out several devastating bombings and gun attacks in Kano that claim over 185 lives, was looking beyond the North in its future terror campaign.

One of the reasons for spreading its operation to the South, it was learnt, was in order not to limit its campaign to an ethnic agenda.

A top security source told SATURDAY PUNCH that there was likelihood that the Boko Haram might have some of their backers resident in the South.

The source said that the mastermind of the Christmas Day bomb attack on St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, Kabiru Sokoto, was sighted in Lagos after the incident.

It was learnt that security agencies were leaving no stone unturned in checking the moves of the arrested terror suspects and drawing probable inferences from them.

Intelligence report had revealed that Boko Haram sympathisers had moved to the South, from where they coordinated operations of the sect in the North.

It was learnt that the sect decided to shift to the South in order to divert the attention of security agencies, who are on the trail of its members in the North.

A security source stated, “Since the heat has been turned on them, they have been moving to Lagos and other cities, where they mix with unsuspecting northerners residing in those cities.”

He said that the sect’s plot to attack the South was aimed at further creating the impression that there was instability in the country.

Culled- Punch News

I hope this is not true, i just hope the Boko Haramites are just day dreaming! I hope so...a word is enough for a wise man!