BOKO HARAM PLANS TO BOMB APAPA SEAPORT – CP

 

Mrs Hilda Ibifuro-Harrison, Commissioner of Police in charge of the Western Ports Command, claims that an  intelligence report received three months ago, has revealed that the deadly Islamic sect was planning to bomb Lagos and one of its probable target is the Apapa seaport.

She made this disclosure at the inauguration of new executives of the Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria (MARAN) in Apapa, Lagos.

“We are not taking the threat lightly at all and we encourage all stakeholders who visit the port to keep their eyes and ears open in case of the activity of the sect,” said Ibifuro-Harisson who was represented by the Assistant Commissioner in charge of administration, Salem Machree.

Ibifuro-Harrison said as part of measures put in place to check the threat, the Police had beefed up security within and around Lagos including the port environment, just as she disclosed that Police would remain alert and vigilant at ensuring that the violent sect did not hit the ports.

It will be recalled that at least four persons were confirmed dead, when two explosions suspected to have emanated from an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off near the Folawiyo Energy Depot on Creek Road, Apapa on June 25 this year.