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Jonathan links Jos bombers to Abuja barracks' explosion

Posted by 9jabook.com on January 1, 2011 at 12:07pm
Preliminary analysis have shown that the explosives used in October 1 twin bombings in Abuja are similar to those that exploded in the Niger Delta, while the one that exploded at the Abacha Barracks in Abuja yesterday is similar to the ones that exploded in Jos, President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday in Abuja. Though investigations are still going on, the president noted that the Abuja bombing had the characteristics of the ones that exploded in Jos last week. "The preliminary analysis of the explosives so far used in Nigeria,the one used in the 1st October explosion has the same characteristics with the ones that happened in Port Harcourt, Warri and some parts of the Niger Delta, it has been classified. The one that happened yesterday, from preliminary analysis, is identical with the ones that happened in Jos. So there are two routes, so as long as the security operatives know where the two routes are, we will get to where these things are coming from," Mr Jonathan said. Speaking at the New Year service of the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA), Mr. Jonathan said Nigerians must learn to move their country forward rather than destroy or stagnate it through terrorism. He noted that there are two things which have become very important and noticeable around the world today, technology and terrorism. He said countries that are succeeding do not have their citizens indulging in terrorism. "In terrorism, the instruments they use is that of technology butinstead of using their scientific knowledge to climb, some people use it to drag their nations backward. If you look at nations that are developing, you talk of Brazil, those that were close to us during independence - India, Singapore, Malaysia, China, those that are developed United States, their citizens are not involved in terrorists attacks. "They are moving their nations forward. But the demons who do not like good things, if a country wants to move forward and they look for a way to push you backwards and that is what we as a nation are experiencing," he said.. He further urged Nigerians to be calm and see this as a challenge that will be conquered. "If you look at the journey of the Isrealites to go to the promised land, it was tortuous, a number of them even died along the way. We must have challenges. It was Bongos Ikwe who sang that 'nothing good come easy, this I know'. "So nothing good will come so easily to us. For us to get where we want to go as a nation, we will have our obstacles. These explosives and explosions are part of the road bumps that are being placed but God will see us through. They will never stop Nigeria from where we are going to. We must work and produce a country for our children, a country where there will be no space for terrorists, a country where there will no bombers and people with explosives to deter us," Mr. Jonathan said. "I urge Christians to continue to pray that some of these people will even confess to Nigerians that at the appropriate time they will tell us that they are behind this. But for now, the security people are on it and they will get to the root of this matter. We will get to the root of the car bombs that started in Niger Delta and crept into Abuja and this one too that started in Jos and crept into Abuja." Sons of demons Condemning Mogadishu Barracks bombings, Mr. Jonathan said he wondered what kind of a person will plant bombs that will kill children. "I saw on television, because I am yet to visit the victims, images of a very young child. I'm sure most of you must have seen it. As I came into the church and saw some of the young children, I wondered how somebody will plant an explosive that will kill any of these children under 10. What kind of person do you think that person is? "Some people say they are politicians, some say they are religious fanatics, but to me they are pure criminals. They are ones demons are using these days not only in Nigeria. For those of you who have time to listen to world news on Aljazeera or CNN, you will see that terrorism is criss-crossing the whole world."
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Abuja Bomb explosion in Pictures

Posted by 9jabook.com webmadam on January 1, 2011 at 2:00am

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Nigeria's capital city killing and injuring many including women and
children. The bomb is reported to have gone off at

PHOTO:GOC, 3 DIV, Nigerian Army , Jos, Sunday Idoko (L) with the Chief of Army staff ,Onyeabo Ihejirika, during his tour of the 3 DIV, Nigerian Army in Jos. Photo: NAN

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The area was full of women, children and men relaxing ahead of New Year celebrations. The bomb is reported to have exploded specifically in the area where many gather to eat freshly roasted fish . It is not
clear just how many have died but eye witnesses speak of seeing bodies

 

 

 

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The injured have been taken to a medical centre within the the
barracks. The barracks, popularly known as Sani Abacha barracks and
which is situated along the Keffi - Abuja express way close to the
Highbrow Asokoro area of Abuja; has been cordoned off. Reports also say
that building housing police headquarters in Abuja has been sealed but
it is not clear if this is related to the bombing.

 

 

Former Nigerian vice - president, Atiku Abubakar, a presidential aspirant under the People's Democratic Party has denounced the bombings and described them as '' senseless and wicked''. In a statement issued a
few minutes ago, Mr Abubakar said he sympathises with innocent
military and civilian victims caught in the bombing incident..

The former vice- president went on to say that the latest bomb targeted at a military establishment is an indication that '' President Jonathan cannot provide the type of leadership to secure the nation.''

 

Abacha barrack
At the bomb blast site, Journalists were prevented from going to the site.
Hospital
at the matiama the Dr. Olugbenga Bello confirmed 16 persons brought to the hospital. at press time 4 dead, 3 persons in operation room.

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Huhuonline.com can disclose that more than 30 people were killed in multiple bomb explosions at the Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja,Federal Capital Territory. But the military hierachy has cordoned off the blast scenes.
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It was learnt that the market was jampacked by many people who came to relax ahead of the New Year celebration.

The casualty figure was put at about 30 as at press time.

But no fewer than 100 people were injured at the usual busy market.

The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Oluseyi Petirin, who confirmed the explosions , said: "We will get at those behind it."

Also, President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the attack, and urged the commands of the nation's security services to rise to the occasion and arrest this new and dangerous challenge to our peace and stability.

Hear him:

“Tonight, evil people determined to turn the joys of fellow Nigerians to ashes detonated a bomb at a barracks market in the Federal Capital City”.

“Basking in their nefarious success in Jos on Christmas eve, they have once again knifed at the heartstrings of a nation decked out in gaiety, celebrating new year's eve. This is extreme evil. It is wicked. It defies all that we believe in, and stand for as a nation”.files.php?file=Petinrin__362648578.jpg

 

 

 

 



“The president, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, condemns this attack, and commands the nation's security services to rise to the occasion and arrest this new and dangerous challenge to our peace and stability”.

 

“There shall be no sacred cows. All, no matter how remotely connected to these incidents, must be brought to justice”.

“They must be made to pay. No one, and we

 

repeat, no one, can make this nation ungovernable”.

 

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Bomb explosion rocks Superscreen TV station

Posted by 9jabook.com webmadam on December 23, 2009 at 5:00pm
A parcel bomb exploded in the premises of Superscreen, a private television station, in the Onipanu area of Lagos yesterday, ripping off the right hand of the conveyer of the explosive device. advertisement The incident, which occurred at about 1.30 p.m, sparked fears and apprehension among staffers and other occupants of Logemo House, the multi-storey building occupied by the television station. Doctors are batling to save the life of the bomb conveyer, while the building has been evacuated. Daily Sun gathered that the young man, whose mission and sponsors remained shrouded in mystery, had stormed the television house, spotting jeans trousers, T-shirt and canvass with parcel bombs disguised as Christmas gifts. The agent of death who could not be immediately identified was said to have requested to see the most senior official of the television station. The security guards on duty, it was learnt, granted him access after questioning him. Daily Sun gathered that as the man was climbing up the stairs, the parcel of bomb slipped off his hands and exploded, ripping off his hand. The explosion was said to have attracted the staff of companies occupying the building, as well as others in the neighbourhood who scampered for safety. The management of Superscreen quickly contacted the police at the Onipanu Police Station who invited the police bomb disposal unit to the scene. The police bomb disposal unit was said to have recovered three unexploded parcel bombs and quickly detonated them. As at press time, the nine-storey building housing many companies including two churches has been evacuated. However, some armed policemen including those from anti-bomb section were seen manning the gate. Journalists and other sympathisers who thronged the scene were barred from entering the premises. A senior public officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said: “Barring people from entering the place was to ensure that the place was safe before allowing people to enter.” The police officer further revealed that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Marvel Akpoyibo, had directed the anti-bomb unit to comb the premises. The commissioner was equally said to have pleaded with the medical doctors treating the suspect to make sure that he was alright to enable him to assist the police in their investigations. When contacted, police spokesman, Mr Frank Mbah, confirmed the incident and said the suspect was being treated in a hospital. Though, the bomb disposal unit had certified the building safe, he warned people to stay away from the area till further notice. Mbah, warned members of the public to be wary of the Christmas gifts especially hampers and parcels they received from strange people. The police spokesman assured that the security agents would unravel the mission of the suspect, his targets and sponsors. Letter bomb in history Letter bomb, also called parcel bomb, mail bomb or post bomb, according to experts is an explosive device sent via the postal service, and designed with the intention to injure or kill the recipient when opened. They have been used in terrorist attacks in several cities around the world. Letter bombs are usually designed to explode immediately on opening, with the intention of seriously injuring or killing the recipient (who may or may not be the person to whom the bomb was addressed). A related threat is mail containing unidentified powders or chemicals, as in the 2001 anthrax attacks. A letter bomb apparently timed to coincide with crucial regional elections exploded on May 16, 2001 in the face of a journalist known for his denunciations of the violent Basque separatist group Eta. By the afternoon, no one had claimed responsibility for the attack against Gorka Landaburu, a reporter for the Spanish Cambio 16 magazine and a national television station. He suffered face and hand injuries. Similarly on October 24, 2008, Ivo Pukanic, Editor-in-Chief of Zagreb’s second widest read political weekly, was killed late in a car bomb blast in downtown Zagreb. The attack continues a pattern of organized crime in the eastern European country that could jeopardize its EU accession. However, one of the world’s first mail bomb was mentioned in the 18th century diary of Danish official and historian Bolle Willum Luxdorph, where he wrote that Edward White, formerly an artist at Madame Tussauds, was alleged to have sent a parcel bomb to John Theodore Tussaud in June 1889 after being dismissed. A Swedish man named Martin Ekenberg used a mailbomb August 20, 1904, targeting CEO Karl Fredrik Lundin in Stockholm. It was made of a box loaded with bullets and explosives. In 1915, vice president of the United States Thomas R. Marshall was the target of an assassination attempt by letter bomb. Austrian Nazi war criminal, Alois Brunner was sent a letter bomb by the Israeli intelligence services, Mossad, to which he lost an eye and several fingers. Ruth First, a South African communist anti-apartheid activist was killed by a parcel bomb mailed by the South African government to her home in Mozambique. Theodore Kaczynski, the “Unabomber”, killed three and injured 23 in a series of mailbombings in the United States from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. In August 1985, a woman in Rotorua, New Zealand, Michele Sticovich, was instantly killed and a close friend of hers seriously injured after she opened a parcel addressed to her containing a number of sticks of gelignite. Mrs Sticovich’s estranged husband, David Sticovich, was arrested and ultimately pleaded guilty to her murder. Robert Smith Vance, a U. S. federal judge, was killed instantly upon opening a letter bomb in the kitchen of his home in Birmingham, Alabama, with his wife, Helen, seriously injured. Walter Leroy Moody was later convicted of killing both Vance and Georgia attorney Robbie Robertson by use of letter bombs delivered through the mail. Franz Fuchs, Austrian mail bomber, killed four and injured 15 with mail bombs and improvised explosive devices in the mid-1990s. Singer Björk was sent a letter bomb charged with explosives and hydrochloric acid by fan Ricardo López in 1996. The bomb did not reach Björk, having been randomly intercepted by London Police. In February 2007, a series of mail bombings in the United Kingdom injured nine people, though none of them were critically hurt. In January and February 2007, a bomber calling himself “The Bishop” sent several unassembled bombs to financial firms in the United States, and was arrested in April 2007. In August 2007, a Lebanese immigrant was charged in connection with a letter bomb ring in the Toronto-Guelph, ON area; he was responsible for injuring 1 person. He was also responsible for the precautionary closing of a portion of the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto on August 31, 2007. Dele Giwa, Nigeria’s first victim of parcel bomb By PHILIP NWOSU The first incident of letter bomb in Nigeria was recorded on October 19, 1986 in Lagos and the bomb was dispatched to Dele Giwa, a leading Nigerian journalist, editor and founder of Newswatch magazine. Dele Giwa was killed by the letter bomb in his home located at No. 25, Talabi Street Ikeja, Lagos. According to reports, the journalist was at home having a late breakfast with a colleague, Kayode Soyinka, when a mail delivery man brought a parcel addressed to him. The parcel was allegedly delivered to his eldest son, Billy; then 19 years old, who later handed it over to his father. It was gathered that Dele Giwa allegedly looked at the parcel and commented “this must be from the president,” a statement many said was linked to the seal of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which appeared on the envelope. Reports said Dele Giwa allegedly tried to open the parcel and a deafening explosion ensued. According to Giwa’s lawyer, the now late Gani Fawehinmi, State Security Service (SSS) officials had earlier summoned the popular editor to their headquarters on October 17, just 48 hours before he was killed. The SSS, it was gathered, had accused Giwa of planning a social revolution and of smuggling arms into the country. Early reports of the incident said government’s coat of arms was sighted on the outside of the package. Although police investigated the murder, no one was ever prosecuted. In 2001, former Nigerian president Ibrahim Babangida, who ruled the country from 1985 to 1993, refused to testify before a national human rights commission on the Giwa murder.
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