Security Tightens Up in Lagos Over MEND's Threat

                                

The police have beefed up security around strategic places in Lagos, especially fuel tanker terminals, tank farms and other establishments associated with the petroleum industry to forestall any terrorist attack.

The  Lagos State   Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Manko, Wednesday said
the police were prepared to ensure that  the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) did not have any chance to carry out its threat to attack petroleum trucks and tank farms in the state.

MEND had recently declared that henceforth, it would attack every  oil tanker distributing petroleum products, including propane gas to press home its demands, which include that the federal government should secure the release of its leader, Henry Okah, who is serving a jail term in South Africa for the 2010 independence day bomb blasts.

He called on truck drivers to be vigilant and alert security agencies of any strange behaviour exhibited by either their colleagues or strangers in their environment and also advised to avoid parking in an unsecured place, especially when they were carrying petroleum products as they might give room for the sect to take advantage of the situation.