Female Boko Haram Bombers Plan To Bomb Polling Centers – FG
The federal government on Thursday revealed plans by female suicide bombers to hijack voter cards of female electorate, so as to access polling stations to detonate explosives.
The Coordinator of the National Information Centre (NIC) and Director General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. Mike Omeri, disclosed this at the centre in Abuja.
Omeri, who called for the consciousness of eligible voters, particularly female electorate to safeguard their voters’ cards, said recent intelligence reports indicated that unscrupulous Nigerians had perfected plans to surreptitiously acquire the voters’ cards.
“Recent intelligence reports indicated that unscrupulous Nigerians have perfected plan to surreptitiously collect, buy, or steal Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) of female voters, handover same to female suicide bombers and create access for them into polling centers where they will detonate bombs and kill unsuspecting voters.
“By this information, therefore, Nigerians, especially female voters are warned to remain vigilant and also guard and preserve their PVCs,” Omeri said.
He also stated that there were ongoing operations in the Sambisa forest and its environs, to dislodge insurgents from their hideouts.
Meanwhile, details merged yesterday that about 7,500 troops have been deployed by the African Union (AU) to combat Boko Haram insurgency, as Nigerian government said the troops were mainly mobilised from member nations of Lake Chad Basin Development Commission (LCBC).
Member countries include; Cameroun, Republic of Chad, Republic of Niger, Nigeria, Algeria, Central African Republic, Libya, and Sudan.
He also stated that a tactical meeting on the modus operandi of the force was ongoing in Cameroun.
Omeri said the Chadian Chief of Defense Staff was in Nigeria to consolidate on modalities of trans-border operations with his Nigerian counterpart, Air Chief Marshall, Alex Badeh.
“The 7,500 AU-backed multinational force is to be composed mainly in the Lake Chad Basin Commission areas. The modalities of the operation of this force are being worked out at a tactical meeting which started today in the Republic of Cameroun,” he said.
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The federal government on Thursday revealed plans by female suicide bombers to hijack voter cards of female electorate, so as to access polling stations to detonate explosives.
The Coordinator of the National Information Centre (NIC) and Director General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. Mike Omeri, disclosed this at the centre in Abuja.
Omeri, who called for the consciousness of eligible voters, particularly female electorate to safeguard their voters’ cards, said recent intelligence reports indicated that unscrupulous Nigerians had perfected plans to surreptitiously acquire the voters’ cards.
“Recent intelligence reports indicated that unscrupulous Nigerians have perfected plan to surreptitiously collect, buy, or steal Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) of female voters, handover same to female suicide bombers and create access for them into polling centers where they will detonate bombs and kill unsuspecting voters.
“By this information, therefore, Nigerians, especially female voters are warned to remain vigilant and also guard and preserve their PVCs,” Omeri said.
He also stated that there were ongoing operations in the Sambisa forest and its environs, to dislodge insurgents from their hideouts.
Meanwhile, details merged yesterday that about 7,500 troops have been deployed by the African Union (AU) to combat Boko Haram insurgency, as Nigerian government said the troops were mainly mobilised from member nations of Lake Chad Basin Development Commission (LCBC).
Member countries include; Cameroun, Republic of Chad, Republic of Niger, Nigeria, Algeria, Central African Republic, Libya, and Sudan.
He also stated that a tactical meeting on the modus operandi of the force was ongoing in Cameroun.
Omeri said the Chadian Chief of Defense Staff was in Nigeria to consolidate on modalities of trans-border operations with his Nigerian counterpart, Air Chief Marshall, Alex Badeh.
“The 7,500 AU-backed multinational force is to be composed mainly in the Lake Chad Basin Commission areas. The modalities of the operation of this force are being worked out at a tactical meeting which started today in the Republic of Cameroun,” he said.
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