Boko Haram Planning To Bomb Apapa Seaport - Police
Western Ports Command of the Nigeria Police has raised the
alarm over threat by the Boko Haram sect to bomb Lagos, with the nation’s
seaport in Apapa as its likely target, Tribune reports.
Commissioner of Police in charge of the Western Ports
Command, Mrs Hilda Ibifuro-Harrison stated this at the inauguration of new
executives of the Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria (MARAN) in Apapa,
Lagos.
She stated that based on intelligence report it received
three months ago, the deadly Islamic sect could be planning to bomb Lagos and
possibly target the seaport.
“We are not taking the threat lightly at all and we
encourage all stakeholders who visit the port to keep their eyes and ears open
in case of the activity of the sect,” said Ibifuro-Harisson who was represented
by the Assistant Commissioner in charge of administration, Salem Machree.
She said as part of measures put in place to check the
threat, the Police had beefed up security within and around Lagos including the
port environment, just as she disclosed that Police would remain alert and
vigilant at ensuring that the violent sect did not hit the ports.
It will be recalled that at least four persons were
confirmed dead, when two explosions suspected to have emanated from an
Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off near the Folawiyo Energy Depot on
Creek Road, Apapa on June 25 this year.
