‘Bauchi, Abuja bombings, plot to derail Jonathan’s inauguration’

By KINGSLEY OMONOBI

ABUJA -  Military authorities disclosed to Vanguard in Abuja , Monday, that the explosion that occurred at about 8. 30pm at the Zuba International Electronics Market on Sunday, on the Kaduna/Suleija road, killing one person and injuring 3 persons, was indeed a bomb blast and may have been one of the several bombing plots planned to embarrass the nation during the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan at Eagle Square in the presence of over 40 foreign leaders.

 Vanguard was also informed that the successful detonation of the bomb in a relaxation spot may have been made possible following the decision of security agencies to un-block communication facilities which had earlier been jammed from 11am to 8pm for security reasons in the federal capital territory.

Aside the jamming of telephone networks in Abuja, all entry points in to Abuja like the Giri junction for those coming from Lokoja and Gwagwalada, Dei-Dei for those coming from Kaduna and Niger states and Mararaba for those coming from Nasarawa and Plateau states were cordoned off until about 7pm on Sunday before the roads were opened for people to enter the FCT.

Contacted on the development, FCT Police Spokesman, Superintendent of Police Jimoh Moshood said men of the Anti-terrorists squad and the Police bomb disposal unit have cordoned off the entire Zuba Market and were combing the surroundings to ensure that more explosives were not left behind. He added that arrests were yet to be made.

Prior to the inauguration of President Jonathan Vanguard had reported, that intelligence reports available to security agencies, have shown that some groups of dissatisfied Nigerians, particularly from the North are hell bent on causing crisis on inauguration day by bomb attacks on politicians who worked tirelessly for the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan and candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in core northern states.

“The explosion of the bombs in Bauchi Mammy market which killed about 12 persons and injured about 25, may be a kind of revenge on the military for foiling all attempts by these groups to successfully execute their plots of causing mayhem at the inauguration in the state”, a security source said.
Vanguard.