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| Boko Haram Threats: Jonathan Deploys 6,000 Troops for WEF Summit |
President Jonathan's order on Tuesday follows a bombing attack by the suspected Boko Haram militant group at a crowded Nyanya bus station in Abuja on Monday.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) Summit will see Heads of state and business leaders from Africa flowing to Abuja between May 7-9.
Confirming this, the minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said, the security planning for the World Economic Forum on Africa is already well under way and will be the largest security operation ever mounted in this country for an international summit. On Abuja Monday's attack she said was a "suspected act of terrorism", adding that Nigerian security agencies were "currently in the middle of a robust and thorough investigation to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice".
The Abuja explosion claimed at least, more than 80 lives while overt 200 others were injured when a car laden with improvised explosive devices exploded at the Nyanya Motor Park.
Islamist Boko Haram members are usually blamed for such attacks, but are yet to claimed responsibility for the Monday assult. However, the suspected members of Boko Haram on Tuesday, abducted about 200 female students from a Government Girls School in Chibok in Borno state, Northeastern Nigeria
Boko Haram has carried out several deadly gun and bomb attacks in various parts of Nigeria since 2009. On May 15, 2013, the Nigerian army launched an offensive against the militant group a day after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the three Northeastern states of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa.
Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is forbidden”, says its goal is to overthrow the Nigerian government.
The Abuja explosion claimed at least, more than 80 lives while overt 200 others were injured when a car laden with improvised explosive devices exploded at the Nyanya Motor Park.
Islamist Boko Haram members are usually blamed for such attacks, but are yet to claimed responsibility for the Monday assult. However, the suspected members of Boko Haram on Tuesday, abducted about 200 female students from a Government Girls School in Chibok in Borno state, Northeastern Nigeria
Boko Haram has carried out several deadly gun and bomb attacks in various parts of Nigeria since 2009. On May 15, 2013, the Nigerian army launched an offensive against the militant group a day after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the three Northeastern states of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa.
Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is forbidden”, says its goal is to overthrow the Nigerian government.
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