Breaking News.Security beefed up in Benue as Boko Haram gives notice to strike.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau says his group will not be defeated

There was fear in Otukpo, headquarters of Idomaland in Benue State, on Saturday, following a threat by the dreaded the Boko Haram sect to launch attack in the ancient town.

Consequently,security operatives went round the town to demonstrate their might and as well scare off members of the sect who had threatened to bomb the town.

Nigerian Tribune gathered that members of the notorious Islamic sect, last week, sent text messages to security agents alerting them to plans to bomb the police station in the town, the Otukpo Main Market, St Mary’s Church, among others.

The alert, according to a source, informed the moving around the town of the security operatives with security vehicles, including an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) in company of vigilance members, commercial motor cycle riders and other well-meaning members of the town to denounce the threat.

The development has thrown the town and its surroundings into a state of uncertainty, as residents were said to have kept away from public gatherings, including church services on Saturday.

Sometime in January, the area was also thrown into similar security threat, when members of the sect were alleged to have visited the town and had gone round with the aid of commercial motor cyclists to locate their probable sites of bombing.

The police, using their plain-clothes detectives, were said to have gone into surveillance in order to identify members of this notorious sect or those that might have link with them.

To prevent entry into their premises, the police had placed a heavy iron at the gate, which made it difficult for anybody to gain entry.

The Benue State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Alaribe Ejike, when contacted, said he was yet to be informed about the development.

Source Daily Post.