The SSS today Wednesday June 18 said the Boko
Haram sect is planning to bomb Abuja with petrol
tankers within the next few days. The Coordinator of the National
Information Centre, Mike Omeri, made this known at a briefing in Abuja
alongside the Deputy Director of
the DSS, Marilyn Ogar
"The Nigerian Security services had received intelligence
report to the effect that insurgents intends seizing petrol tankers and
plant improvised devices in the tankers and drive them to crowded
places in Abuja.
“Against this backdrop, we hereby call on the Petrol Tankers
Association to be on the red alert and advise their members to report
any attempt or seizure of their vehicles to security agencies.
“In this wise, Nigerians are also advised to report any broken down
tanker in any part of the territory to security agencies. Similarly, we
are using this opportunity to appeal to the public to be on the alert
particularly when they see any tanker driving dangerously." He said
