‘Terrorists planning mass abduction,’ FG warns

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December 18, 2015 5:14 PM

The warning was given on Friday, December 18, 2015, by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed via a statement.

The Federal Government has issued a security alert in the country over planned mass abductions by the Boko Haram sect.

The warning was given on Friday, December 18, 2015, by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed via a statement.

The statement reads:

“The kidnap of the Chibok girls in 2014, which attracted global attention to the terrorist group, is what it is now trying to repeat, hoping it can find vulnerable targets, especially schools, or a group of foreigners outside the frontline states.”

“The plan by Boko Haram is also part of an overall strategy by the terrorists to seek to negatively impact on the psyche of the gallant troops who have routed them (terrorists) from their stronghold and also give the impression that they have not been largely defeated by the December 2015 deadline given by this administration to effectively degrade the insurgency in the North-east.”

“This is why we have decided to issue this alert to enable the authorities of both public primary and secondary schools in remote locations, particular in the Northern states, to upgrade security arrangements.”

“It is also aimed at alerting the general public, operators of hotels and entertainment centres, motor parks and similar facilities to also upgrade their security arrangements for the holidays.”

“Smoked out of their hideouts and badly bruised by our gallant military, the Boko Haram terrorists are desperate, especially in the face of the depletion of their food supplies.”

“In their desperation, they will not hesitate to embark on actions they feel can still make them relevant or enhance their survival. But the military is ready and able to prevent that.”

This comes as the Nigerian Army announced that it had killed 49 Boko Haram terrorists and rescued 150 captives from the sect in Borno State.

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