Explosives Smuggled In Fuel Tankers To Lagos- Chief Of Army Staff

Two weeks after the plot to bomb about 16 landmarks in Lagos was uncovered and 14 arrested, new information has it that the suspected terrorists had smuggled in the said explosives and the detonators in empty fuel tankers. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Azubike Ihejirika, who made the disclosure yesterday at the second day of the interactive session on Military-Media Relations in Lagos, said the plot was nipped in the bud through intelligence reports.

Ihejirika said: "The information at our disposal revealed that these suspected terrorists had smuggled in the large quantity of explosives into Lagos in empty fuel tankers."
It was gathered that the terrorists had employed that route to avoid suspicion, thereby blending with other tanker drivers on the road to beat security checkpoints.

Ihejirika urged the media to balance their reports before dissemination.
He also maintained that the Army hierarchy would continue to seek the attention of the media in propagating its activities, stressing that the relationship was a symbiotic one that would galvanize into a better Nigeria. He refuted claims that the Army had declared war on Nigerians, stating that its target was against some elements and groups who have chosen to declare war against Nigerians through their unscrupulous actions.

He added that when this happens, the Army has no choice but to fight against such insurgents using all elements of war to protect the sovereignty of the country.
On discipline, he flayed the practice by military men who still disobey traffic laws, noting that henceforth, any officer caught disobeying existing laws would be dealt with according to the laws.

He said: "Discipline must be maintained, but the task of doing that is enormous. We don't want to hear again that any soldier broke any traffic law.
We are greatly disturbed when an officer is involved in a traffic offence. We shall not take it lightly again."

Source: This Day