Monday, July 04, 2011

Nigeria's secret police apprehend 100 'dissidents'

Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) told reporters on Monday in Abuja it is holding over 100 leaders and members of a northern-based "dissident" group it did not disclose.

The northeastern part of Nigeria have in recent months ben undersiege by frequent attacks staged by a radical Islamist sect Boko Haram.
"Successful security operations have led to the arrest of some identified key cell commanders and members of the dissident group in Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Kano, Yobe and Adamawa states," State Security Service (SSS) spokesperson Marilyn Ogar said.
She declined to name the group nor indicate the numbers involved. "I know we have arrested over a hundred."
An extremist sect, Boko Haram, based in northeastern Borno state, has in recent months unleashed a reign of terror in parts of northern Nigeria, bombing and shooting targeted spots and individuals. It also bombed the national police headquarters in the capital Abuja last month.

Meanwhile, British Intelligence has warned its home country of Al Qaeda's plan to use Nigeria as its new command and control centre for plotting aattacks on the West.

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