Men of the Police Mobile Force(MOPOL), Kaduna State Command
THE NATION
Kaduna
20 June, 2012
KADUNA State Police Commissioner,
Mohammed Jinjiri Abubakar yesterday
alleged that foreign nationals especially
from three African countries were
involved in the acts of terrorism currently ravaging parts of the North.The Commissioner told reporters in his
office that citizens of Niger Republic,
Chad and Cameroon were among those
involved in the terror activities and
warned foreigners coming to cause
disharmony in the country to desist from such acts.
In what looks like a riot act, Abubakar
said the police will no longer care about
the Africa Charter on the free movement
of citizens and will treat foreigners
arrested with iron hand, adding that the
nation’s hospitality should not be taken for granted. The police boss showed newsmen 15 Improvised Explosive Divices (IEDs) and their accessories recovered by the police,adding that each each of the explosives was capable of causing massive harm to structures and humans.
The police commissioner however refused to give casualty figures from the reprisal killings in Kaduna, following suicide attacks in Zaria and Kaduna on Sunday. The Police Commissioner said “we want to warn all foreigners entering Nigeria not to breach the peace and cause disharmony among us to desist from doing so.
“We have arrested many nationals of Niger, Chad and Cameroon, who are among those engaged in mass killings and bombings in Nigeria. We want to
warn that we have had enough of this. We will no longer care about the West Africa Charter of Freedom of Movement for its citizens if we arrest anyone from now. Our hospitality must not be taken for granted”.
The police chief said that the bomb maker was a well known mechanic living in Kaduna. According to him, when the police raided his compound, they uncovered a shocking arsenal of IEDS, arms and ammunition, saying “when we raided the compound, he ran into the ceiling of his house. By the time we pursued him up the ceiling, he had escaped through a hole. This was last
Friday. “The idea was to start the bombings on Friday. But we were quick to stop that. If not, last Sunday bombings could have been worse.
“Exhibits recovered include 15 high
calibre IEDs that could have caused
serious catastrophe in the state if un-
intercepted. “Others are a Honda Accord (EOD) with registration number Kano BE 520 BE KMC.; one AK 47 rifle, two revolvers pistols, one FNC rifle, three FNC rifle magazines, three AK 47 rifle magazines and 110 rounds of live ammunition”.
He put the death toll from the two explosions in Zaria at 18 including the
suicide bombers, while 32 were injured. He also confirmed the death of a soldier
from the explosion at Shalom church in
Kaduna, adding that “on the same date,
some mobs had taken to the streets in
some parts of the metropolis to unleash
violence on innocent people leaving in their trail some deaths.
“Others sustained various injuries. Some
property wee also destroyed. Prompt
intervention of the Police and other
security agencies brought the crisis under control. 1046 persons were rescued but the Police and the army. They are now safe in their homes”, he said.
“The dead and the wounded were taken
to nine hospitals in Kaduna. Some were
taken to some hospitals that we have not known. So we are still comparing notes”, he said.
Any foreigner that is caught in the act of killing or planning to kill Nigerian or cause insecurity should be dealt with decisively.
Decisively is a soft word.Such a person should be killed.
Likewise, any nigerian caught in the act of killing nigerians, or recruiting foreigners to kill nigerians, should be tried and shot by a military tribunal.