Boko Haram targets Lagos, Delta, others

New intelligence reports available to the Armed Forces, yesterday, showed that following a round-the-clock alert in all military formations across the country to prepare for possible Boko Haram bombings, the group has perfected plans to use Federal Government, states, or Services Registration (Plate) numbers as a decoy to gain access to federal and military establishments for selected suicide attacks.
It was also discovered that in addition to the number plates, the group has commenced the massive procurement of materials used for the manufacture of bombs, i.e., Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) like gas cylinders, air conditioners, compressors of refrigerators and metal scraps for explosive ordinance making.
Vanguard gathered that aside the military formations, and federal establishments in the federal capital territory, specific cities where the group believes successful suicide bombings would create the required national damage and panic are Port Harcourt, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna and Anambra states.
Consequently, it was leant the Defence headquarters has issued a signal titled ‘Boko Haram Plans to Penetrate Targeted FG Establishments’ to all military formations in the country warning that no formation should take the threat lightly as the sect thrived on the element of surprise.
Extracts from the signal which was signed by an Air Vice Marshal (names withheld), on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petirin, read: “Boko Haram is planning to install federal government plate numbers on its vehicles to facilitate easy penetration of federal government’s establishments, by its fighters on bombing missions”

Source: Vanguard Newspaper