The COAS spoke at a three-day interactive session on ‘military-media relations in Nigeria, with the theme: “Enhancing military-media relations towards improved security” held at 81 Division auditoriums, Marina, Lagos, yesterday.
He said, “Recent arrest and subsequent recovery of a large amount of explosives showed that bombers have resorted to hiding explosives under petrol tankers”.
He said the new device based on intelligence reports was carried out in Lagos.
However, Ihejirika noted that the greatest challenge any nation could face was internal war, and as a result, the porous nature of the Nigerian borders had given room for such upsurge.
Worried by the increasing checkpoints in some Northern parts of the country, the COAS said he acknowledged that the trend has posed a serious challenge but, said nothing could be done now for obvious reasons.
Boko Haram: Nigeria is under evil attack - Tukur
Meanwhile, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr Bamanga Tukur has said that the nation was under an evil attack by enemies of its unity, and called for collective effort to curb the security challenges posed by these enemies of progress.
Tukur who spoke against the backdrop of the Boko Haram insurgency, stated this in London at the “2013 Nigeria Arise Award”, media chat organised by BEN TV.
“Nigeria is under attack and these people attack churches, mosque, market places, schools, and even telecom facilities, it is not attributed to any part of the country, tribe or faith alone
JTF kills one suspected gunman, arrest another in Kano
The Joint Security Taskforce (JTF), yesterday, killed a suspected gunman and arrested another during an early morning raid on Yanturmi area of Kano metropolis.
The JTF spokesperson, Capt Ikedichi Iweha confirmed the story, and said that it was a ``cordon and search operation’’ being carried out across the city.
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