Police Arrest 2 Female Suspected Bombers In Abuja

There was a mild drama yesterday when

plainclothes police operatives numbering

more than 15 arrested two female

suspected terrorists.

The incident occurred around 10.30am at

the Gwarimpa Estate, CITEC end of the

pedestrian bridge at the CITEC Junction Bus

Stop, when the operatives stormed the spot

where the two girls aged between 16 and 18,

were standing as if waiting for somebody,

and swooped on them in a bid to bundle

them into their waiting vehicles.

The two girls wearing hijab, but not covering

their faces, were waiting under the leg of the

pedestrian bridge when the operatives

arrived in two vehicles, a highlander with

Lagos registration number, AAA 419 BD

and a Siena jeep whose registration number

was not immediately captured.

LEADERSHIP arrived at the scene just as

three of the operatives walked up to the girls

and were showing them their Nigeria Police

Force identification cards, asking them to

move into the waiting vans.

Sensing resistance from the girls, more

operatives, all plainclothes, rushed to the

scene and started forcing the girls to move.

The girls were screaming and refusing to

enter the vehicles. Some car dealers who

ply their trade at the scene and were not

sure who the plainclothes men were tried to

intervene to find out why they were taking

the girls away.

The operatives warned the onlookers not to

intervene and started bringing out their

guns. About four of them brought out their

pistols while some others brandished their

AK-47 automatic rifles. They, however, did

not fire any shots until they successfully

bundled both girls into the Highlander and

drove off, heading towards FCT metropolis.

One of the traders who saw the drama that

played out said when he saw both girls

standing for sometime under the bridge, he

had an uncanny feeling that these ladies

could be terrorists and so was not surprised

when the operatives came and picked them

up.

When LEADERSHIP contacted the FCT

command spokesman, ASP Anjuguri

Manzah, he said he was not aware of the

arrest. He, however, said that he would

make enquires and get back to this reporter.

But at the time of going to press, Manzah

had not called back.