Nigerian intelligence operatives claimed they uncovered and foiled a plot to attack the Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Patrick Yakowa, and diverted his route through town, saving his life, sources told Sahara Reporters.
Nigerian intelligence operatives claimed they uncovered and foiled a plot to attack the Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Patrick Yakowa, and diverted his route through town, saving his life, sources told Sahara Reporters.
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The governor, who was abroad when the Easter Day bomb blast rocked Kaduna town, was in Zaria axis of Kaduna State on a condolence visit and also to pay homage to the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris, who has been on the throne since 1975.
“The governor and his entourage travelled to Zaria Tuesday,” a source told Sahara Reporters. “While he was in Zaria, suspected Boko Haram members hatched a plot by setting up a trailer in the middle of the road as if it had broken down, so the road became narrow. The plan was that when the entourage reached there, Boko Haram would open fire and attack their target - the governor in the main jeep.”
A second source said that it was while in the town that a security alert was dispatched to security operatives who in return contacted 1 Division Nigerian Army intelligence unit, Kaduna State Police Commissioner, Muhammadu Jinjiri Abubakar and the Director of the secret police.
Plainclothes security operatives were mobilized as well as mobile police and a batch of soldiers, our source said. They stormed the road and removed the trailer. They also secured the whole vicinity and were combat ready for a possible appearance of the suspected Islamic sect.
The governor’s convoy did not proceed back to Kaduna as planned until the vicinity was declared safe.
Our sources said that as a result of this incident security has been beefed up around the governor and his family.
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