We foiled fresh plot to bomb Jos, says STF. A FRESH attempt to bomb Jos has been foiled, the Special Task Force in the state said Monday.
Normalcy has also started returning to the tin city after three days of mayhem that followed Friday’s explosions.
Although Monday was a public holiday, people were seen going about their normal business. This follows the reinforcement of security by the Federal Government.
The STF also Monday handed over the three suspects arrested to the Police.
STF spokesman Captain Charles Ekocha said Two of the suspects, Yusuf Sabiu and Samaila Garga, were arrested at Dogon-Karfe area of Jos city while trying to ignite a dynamite to bomb the area.
The third suspect, who claimed to be from Niger Republic, was also arrested at Dogon-Karfe with a knife and a dagger. Other items found on him were seven unexpended life cartridges, two raps of Indian hemp, dynamite powder, N850.00 and a Nokia handset
On the fresh attacks being planned, Captain Ekocha said, We also encountered some other people who were assembling explosive devices at Nasarawa area near St. Micheal. They fled on sighting our men and we could not arrest them.”
The spokesman said The substances we saw them assembling are materials used to make explosives. if our men did not come across them, they would have used them to make another explosive,” he said.
The STF spokesman appealed to the public to “help us with valuable information that will lead us to arrest those causing mayhem in this state. The people doing these things are living among the people. If they are not ready to expose them, how then can we succeed in restoring the peace?”
The Civil Liberties Organisation accused politicians in Plateau State of displaying “a high sense of insensitivity to the plight” of the people by not doing enough to address their problems.
In a statement in Jos by its Executive Director Steve Aluko on the CLO described the blasts as “the act of terror perpetuated in a systematic way to provoke another round of killings.”
The Ulama Elders Council has also condemned in strong terms the blasts. It criticised indiscriminate shootings and killings of innocent citizens, saying the atrocities were not restricted to Christian-dominated areas because shooting and maiming also occurred at Amingo junction which is Muslim-dominated.
In the statement signed by Sheikh Balarabe Dawud, Chief Imam of Jos (Chairman) and Mohammed Lawal Ishaq, Secretary, the Ulamas decried the continued proliferation of illegal arms in Plateau State and the lack of adequate response from the appropriate quarters.
The Ulamas called for drastic measures to address the security challenges in Jos.
Gyang Dantong representing Plateau North described the explosions “as barbaric and satanic.
He expressed regret that the explosions occurred at a time the peace efforts of the Federal Government and other stakeholders had started yielding results in the state.
Normalcy has also started returning to the tin city after three days of mayhem that followed Friday’s explosions.
Although Monday was a public holiday, people were seen going about their normal business. This follows the reinforcement of security by the Federal Government.
The STF also Monday handed over the three suspects arrested to the Police.
STF spokesman Captain Charles Ekocha said Two of the suspects, Yusuf Sabiu and Samaila Garga, were arrested at Dogon-Karfe area of Jos city while trying to ignite a dynamite to bomb the area.
The third suspect, who claimed to be from Niger Republic, was also arrested at Dogon-Karfe with a knife and a dagger. Other items found on him were seven unexpended life cartridges, two raps of Indian hemp, dynamite powder, N850.00 and a Nokia handset
On the fresh attacks being planned, Captain Ekocha said, We also encountered some other people who were assembling explosive devices at Nasarawa area near St. Micheal. They fled on sighting our men and we could not arrest them.”
The spokesman said The substances we saw them assembling are materials used to make explosives. if our men did not come across them, they would have used them to make another explosive,” he said.
The STF spokesman appealed to the public to “help us with valuable information that will lead us to arrest those causing mayhem in this state. The people doing these things are living among the people. If they are not ready to expose them, how then can we succeed in restoring the peace?”
The Civil Liberties Organisation accused politicians in Plateau State of displaying “a high sense of insensitivity to the plight” of the people by not doing enough to address their problems.
In a statement in Jos by its Executive Director Steve Aluko on the CLO described the blasts as “the act of terror perpetuated in a systematic way to provoke another round of killings.”
The Ulama Elders Council has also condemned in strong terms the blasts. It criticised indiscriminate shootings and killings of innocent citizens, saying the atrocities were not restricted to Christian-dominated areas because shooting and maiming also occurred at Amingo junction which is Muslim-dominated.
In the statement signed by Sheikh Balarabe Dawud, Chief Imam of Jos (Chairman) and Mohammed Lawal Ishaq, Secretary, the Ulamas decried the continued proliferation of illegal arms in Plateau State and the lack of adequate response from the appropriate quarters.
The Ulamas called for drastic measures to address the security challenges in Jos.
Gyang Dantong representing Plateau North described the explosions “as barbaric and satanic.
He expressed regret that the explosions occurred at a time the peace efforts of the Federal Government and other stakeholders had started yielding results in the state.
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