The
Federal Government has placed some states in the North on a
comprehensive security surveillance following intelligence reports that
some members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect may avenge the death of
their leader, Abubakar Shekau.
Also,
National Mirror learnt last night that the action became necessary to
forestall any breach of the peace by hoodlums who might want to
perpetrate violent crimes in the name of the sect. “As
I speak to you now, our men have been placed on the alert. Some states
considered as flashpoints are also under strict surveillance because we
know that some of the fleeing insurgents may want to launch more vicious
attacks in order to restate their relevance,” said a senior operative
of the State Security Service, SSS, who would not want his name
mentioned. The
Joint Task Force, JTF, in Maiduguri had on Monday said that Shekau
might have died due to fatal injuries he sustained in a clash with
government forces. Some
of the states that are currently under renewed surveillance are those
in the North-East and others, including Kano, Sokoto, Kaduna and Niger.
Curiously, Kogi also made the list.
There has been no official confirmation of the emergency security measures as the police said such measures would be covert. Inspector-General
of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, had in an earlier chat with journalists
in Abuja stated that those strategies would not be disclosed. Apart
from series of ongoing undercover operations involving most of the
security agencies, there would also be an increased deployment of troops
in the states under focus, “as their presence is likely to deter
crime”.
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