Boko Haram Threatens To Bomb Telecoms’ Base Stations For Aiding Investigation

OPERATORS of the Global Systems for Mobile Communications (GSM) got the jitters over the weekend, following revelations that members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, might have concluded arrangements to target their operations on account of alleged betrayal.

The threat by the sect to attack GSM operational bases is coming on the heels of a similar threat by militants in the Niger Delta, under the auspices of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) against the GSM operators.

Members of the Joint Task Force (JTF), who are monitoring activities of the sect, are said to have resolved to focus attention on GSM operational bases and repeater stations, following information that the Boko Haram sect had resolved to also attack GSM repeater stations, just as MEND had threatened. Places under threat are said to include "Some backbone repeater stations of the GSM providers, especially those stations that are seen as providing help to security agencies which have been on the trail of and tracking some foot soldiers."