Firstclass newsline learnt that the recent announcement by the
Department of State Security that the dreaded Boko Haram sect has
moved into Lagos and Enugu has led to widespread tension and fear in
the states.
Ever since the security agency made the revelation in a press
statement on Sunday, residents have not stopped discussing the ominous
implications of the development in the states.
The DSS on Sunday had announced the arrest of 20 suspected Boko Haram
commanders in Lagos, Kano, Enugu, Plateau and Gombe states between
July 8 and August 25, 2015. Some of the suspects were said to have
masterminded suicide attacks in Potiskum, Kano, Zaria, and Jos.
The Baba Oloja (market leader) at Owotuntun, Okrika, Kaatangwa market,
Lagos, Badmus Aboderin, said there has been palpable tension among
traders since the DSS announced the arrests.
Aboderin said market leaders had been holding prayer sessions and
holding meetings with security agencies to secure the market from Boko
Haram attack.
He said, "We have told our traders to be more observant and we have
also been meeting with security operatives to checkmate any planned
attack on the market. We pray to God every Thursday to avert any
danger from the market."
Also, traders at Oba Ogunji market, Agege, Lagos, expressed fear over
the development.
The market's General Secretary, Alhaji Lukman Lamidi, said the market
had employed measures to safeguard their shops.
He said, "We're afraid because we don't want anybody to destroy our
market or Lagos for us, which is why we drive everyone away from the
market by 6.30pm daily.
"We don't want anyone to hide in our shops at night and we have also
been holding meetings with the police in the area. We disseminate any
information we get from the police to the traders to ensure security."
A trader at Yisa market, Lagos, Adedeji Ajayi, said he and some other
traders had put their lives in God's hands, urging the government to
efficiently monitor the influx of migrants into the state.
"God will expose anyone who plans evil here but at the same time,
there are too many people in Lagos who have no business here," he
said.
Fears of possible Boko Haram attacks has also been more pronounced
among traders in major markets like Ogbete main market, Artisan
market, Kenyata market, Mami market, New Haven market, Mayor market
and Relief market in Enugu.
Firstclass newsline learnt that transporters and travellers in the
major motor parks in the city are afraid of the Boko Haram sect.
Some traders who spoke to a source expressed concern at the presence
of the Boko Haram sect in Enugu.
Mr. Obinna Ozo, who deals in curtains and fabrics in Kenyata market,
said most traders in the market had been apprehensive since the DSS
made the revelation.
Ozo urged the state and federal governments to beef up security in the market.
He noted that reports from the North East had shown that Boko Haram
usually target markets because of the large number of casualties that
could be recorded in such attacks.
He said, "Traders here are apprehensive, we are worried.
"Normally I look forward to coming to my shop here six days in a week,
we don't open on Sundays, but now I am not so comfortable in the
market.
"Who knows when Boko Haram will strike? There are many people here,
who can tell who is a terrorist or someone who came to buy, or even
sell?
"It is so fearful, everyday we hear in the news that one market or the
other was bombed in Maiduguri and other areas in the north, and now we
have been told that Boko Haram is in Enugu. I wonder how safe we are."
Another trader, Amadi Nwobodo, who has a provisions shop in Ogbete
main market, told our correspondent that he was considering moving his
business out of the market.
Nwobodo said he would be more secured if his shop was located in a
residential area.
He said, "I am thinking of relocating my shop to a less crowded place,
preferably a residential area.
"Experience has shown that crowded places like this market are easy
targets for Boko Haram.
"I don't feel safe in the market anymore but I pray that God will
continue to protect us.
"I am not the only one that is worried; other traders here will tell
you the same thing, even customers too."
Firstclassnewsline.net
9/05/2015
OMG! Boko Haram in Lagos: Fears in Lagos, Enugu markets over DSS arrests......
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