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Monday, March 31, 2014

Britain revises its Abuja travel warning after attempted Boko Haram jail break -


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BRITAIN has urged its citizens living in Abuja to maintain a state of heightened vigilance after the city was thrown into panic yesterday following a failed jail breakout attempt by members of Boko Haram.

Yesterday morning, 21 people were left dead after Boko Haram members on remand at the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters in Abuja tried to escape. Security officials were able to foil the attempted escape but in doing so, killed 18 Boko Haram members and three other detainees,. while two DSS operatives sustained serious injuries.

However, the sound of gunshots in the upmarket Asokoro neighbourhood where the DSS has its headquarters created confusion and panic in Abuja. In a swift response, the British Foreign Commonwealth Office immediately issued was in effect a revised travel alert, advised its citizens to be vigilant should they need to go to Asokoro or The Three Arms Zone in Abuja.

A high commission official said: “On the morning of March 30, there was an incident involving exchange of gunfire within a Nigerian government compound in the Asokoro area in Abuja. The incident was brought under control swiftly and the Nigerian government has now confirmed that the incident is over and has declared the area safe.

“We recommend that British citizens maintain heightened vigilance in Abuja, particularly after dark. Given today’s incident, we ask them to be especially vigilant should they need to go to Asokoro or The Three Arms Zone.”

Apparently, the detained terrorists over-powered the guards at the facility and shot several operatives in a daring attempt to stage an escape. According to one security source, one of the Boko Haram members was allowed access to the toilet without being leg-chained and on getting there, uprooted the toilet seat and attacked the operative who escorted him there with it.

This DSS operative was said to have collapsed, allowing the Boko Haram member to seize his gun of the operative and then open fire on the other guards and set some of his colleagues free. However, DSS operatives were later mobilised and a one hour  shoot-out ensued between them and the terrorists before security was re-enforced, with soldiers later drafted in. (Nigerian Watch)

BRITAIN has urged its citizens living in Abuja to maintain a state of heightened vigilance after the city was thrown into panic yesterday following a failed jail breakout attempt by members of Boko Haram.

Yesterday morning, 21 people were left dead after Boko Haram members on remand at the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters in Abuja tried to escape. Security officials were able to foil the attempted escape but in doing so, killed 18 Boko Haram members and three other detainees,. while two DSS operatives sustained serious injuries.

However, the sound of gunshots in the upmarket Asokoro neighbourhood where the DSS has its headquarters created confusion and panic in Abuja. In a swift response, the British Foreign Commonwealth Office immediately issued was in effect a revised travel alert, advised its citizens to be vigilant should they need to go to Asokoro or The Three Arms Zone in Abuja.

A high commission official said: “On the morning of March 30, there was an incident involving exchange of gunfire within a Nigerian government compound in the Asokoro area in Abuja. The incident was brought under control swiftly and the Nigerian government has now confirmed that the incident is over and has declared the area safe.

“We recommend that British citizens maintain heightened vigilance in Abuja, particularly after dark. Given today’s incident, we ask them to be especially vigilant should they need to go to Asokoro or The Three Arms Zone.”

Apparently, the detained terrorists over-powered the guards at the facility and shot several operatives in a daring attempt to stage an escape. According to one security source, one of the Boko Haram members was allowed access to the toilet without being leg-chained and on getting there, uprooted the toilet seat and attacked the operative who escorted him there with it.

This DSS operative was said to have collapsed, allowing the Boko Haram member to seize his gun of the operative and then open fire on the other guards and set some of his colleagues free. However, DSS operatives were later mobilised and a one hour  shoot-out ensued between them and the terrorists before security was re-enforced, with soldiers later drafted in.
- See more at: http://www.nigerianwatch.com/news/4166-britain-revises-its-abuja-travel-warning-after-attempted-boko-haram-jail-break#sthash.QUyQZOWR.dpuf
BRITAIN has urged its citizens living in Abuja to maintain a state of heightened vigilance after the city was thrown into panic yesterday following a failed jail breakout attempt by members of Boko Haram.

Yesterday morning, 21 people were left dead after Boko Haram members on remand at the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters in Abuja tried to escape. Security officials were able to foil the attempted escape but in doing so, killed 18 Boko Haram members and three other detainees,. while two DSS operatives sustained serious injuries.

However, the sound of gunshots in the upmarket Asokoro neighbourhood where the DSS has its headquarters created confusion and panic in Abuja. In a swift response, the British Foreign Commonwealth Office immediately issued was in effect a revised travel alert, advised its citizens to be vigilant should they need to go to Asokoro or The Three Arms Zone in Abuja.

A high commission official said: “On the morning of March 30, there was an incident involving exchange of gunfire within a Nigerian government compound in the Asokoro area in Abuja. The incident was brought under control swiftly and the Nigerian government has now confirmed that the incident is over and has declared the area safe.

“We recommend that British citizens maintain heightened vigilance in Abuja, particularly after dark. Given today’s incident, we ask them to be especially vigilant should they need to go to Asokoro or The Three Arms Zone.”

Apparently, the detained terrorists over-powered the guards at the facility and shot several operatives in a daring attempt to stage an escape. According to one security source, one of the Boko Haram members was allowed access to the toilet without being leg-chained and on getting there, uprooted the toilet seat and attacked the operative who escorted him there with it.

This DSS operative was said to have collapsed, allowing the Boko Haram member to seize his gun of the operative and then open fire on the other guards and set some of his colleagues free. However, DSS operatives were later mobilised and a one hour  shoot-out ensued between them and the terrorists before security was re-enforced, with soldiers later drafted in.
- See more at: http://www.nigerianwatch.com/news/4166-britain-revises-its-abuja-travel-warning-after-attempted-boko-haram-jail-break#sthash.QUyQZOWR.dpuf
BRITAIN has urged its citizens living in Abuja to maintain a state of heightened vigilance after the city was thrown into panic yesterday following a failed jail breakout attempt by members of Boko Haram.

Yesterday morning, 21 people were left dead after Boko Haram members on remand at the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters in Abuja tried to escape. Security officials were able to foil the attempted escape but in doing so, killed 18 Boko Haram members and three other detainees,. while two DSS operatives sustained serious injuries.

However, the sound of gunshots in the upmarket Asokoro neighbourhood where the DSS has its headquarters created confusion and panic in Abuja. In a swift response, the British Foreign Commonwealth Office immediately issued was in effect a revised travel alert, advised its citizens to be vigilant should they need to go to Asokoro or The Three Arms Zone in Abuja.

A high commission official said: “On the morning of March 30, there was an incident involving exchange of gunfire within a Nigerian government compound in the Asokoro area in Abuja. The incident was brought under control swiftly and the Nigerian government has now confirmed that the incident is over and has declared the area safe.

“We recommend that British citizens maintain heightened vigilance in Abuja, particularly after dark. Given today’s incident, we ask them to be especially vigilant should they need to go to Asokoro or The Three Arms Zone.”

Apparently, the detained terrorists over-powered the guards at the facility and shot several operatives in a daring attempt to stage an escape. According to one security source, one of the Boko Haram members was allowed access to the toilet without being leg-chained and on getting there, uprooted the toilet seat and attacked the operative who escorted him there with it.

This DSS operative was said to have collapsed, allowing the Boko Haram member to seize his gun of the operative and then open fire on the other guards and set some of his colleagues free. However, DSS operatives were later mobilised and a one hour  shoot-out ensued between them and the terrorists before security was re-enforced, with soldiers later drafted in.
- See more at: http://www.nigerianwatch.com/news/4166-britain-revises-its-abuja-travel-warning-after-attempted-boko-haram-jail-break#sthash.QUyQZOWR.dpuf
BRITAIN has urged its citizens living in Abuja to maintain a state of heightened vigilance after the city was thrown into panic yesterday following a failed jail breakout attempt by members of Boko Haram.

Yesterday morning, 21 people were left dead after Boko Haram members on remand at the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters in Abuja tried to escape. Security officials were able to foil the attempted escape but in doing so, killed 18 Boko Haram members and three other detainees,. while two DSS operatives sustained serious injuries.

However, the sound of gunshots in the upmarket Asokoro neighbourhood where the DSS has its headquarters created confusion and panic in Abuja. In a swift response, the British Foreign Commonwealth Office immediately issued was in effect a revised travel alert, advised its citizens to be vigilant should they need to go to Asokoro or The Three Arms Zone in Abuja.

A high commission official said: “On the morning of March 30, there was an incident involving exchange of gunfire within a Nigerian government compound in the Asokoro area in Abuja. The incident was brought under control swiftly and the Nigerian government has now confirmed that the incident is over and has declared the area safe.

“We recommend that British citizens maintain heightened vigilance in Abuja, particularly after dark. Given today’s incident, we ask them to be especially vigilant should they need to go to Asokoro or The Three Arms Zone.”

Apparently, the detained terrorists over-powered the guards at the facility and shot several operatives in a daring attempt to stage an escape. According to one security source, one of the Boko Haram members was allowed access to the toilet without being leg-chained and on getting there, uprooted the toilet seat and attacked the operative who escorted him there with it.

This DSS operative was said to have collapsed, allowing the Boko Haram member to seize his gun of the operative and then open fire on the other guards and set some of his colleagues free. However, DSS operatives were later mobilised and a one hour  shoot-out ensued between them and the terrorists before security was re-enforced, with soldiers later drafted in.
- See more at: http://www.nigerianwatch.com/news/4166-britain-revises-its-abuja-travel-warning-after-attempted-boko-haram-jail-break#sthash.QUyQZOWR.dpuf

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