GIST:No Nigerian Life Was Lost At Westgate Shopping Mall Massacre.

Nigerians in Kenya were fortunate to
escape the weekend attack by terrorists on
Westgate Mall in Nairobi Kenya, it was
learnt on Wednesday.

Al-Shabab terrorists from Somalia had
claimed responsibility for the attack in
which no fewer than 62 people had been
confirmed dead on Tuesday.

In a teleconference in Abuja on Wednesday,
the Nigerian High Commissioner to Kenya,
Akin Oyateru, who spoke from Nairobi said
Nigerians in Kenya were having a meeting
at a nearby hotel during the attack.

He described the attack as “a tragic
incident” which should be condemned by
all nations.

He said, “On that particular day, we had a
pan-Nigerian meeting at one of the hotels
in the city centre, therefore a large
percentage of our people were at that
location. On hearing the news, we tried to
secure them as best as possible by beefing
up security around them before they left
for home.”

Oyateru, who put the unofficial figure of
Nigerians living in Kenya at about 2,500,
however, said, “No Nigerian was affected or
suffered any casualty or injuries.

“I can confirm to you that we are all safe in
Nairobi and fortunately, no Nigerian was
affected in the attack. But our heart goes to
the bereaved families and we wish the
injured ones a very quick recovery.

“We have been to the rescue centre, we
went through the list and we found no
Nigerian name on the list of the dead or
the injured,” he added.

Backing the position of Kenyan government
not to withdraw its troop from the African
Union Mission in Somalia as demanded by
terrorist from Somalia, Oyateru said Nigeria
would maintain its police contingent in Somali.

Meanwhile, Samantha Lewthwaite, the
British widow known as “White Widow”
accused of masterminding the despicable
terrorist attack on Kenyan shopping mall
was in Nigeria and evaded detection,
according to a report in the Daily Mirror,
UK based newspaper.

Nigeria Communications Week could not
independently confirm the Daily Mirror’s
claim as at the time of filing this report.

The Mirror’s report was however typical of
reporting Africa in Western media style,
complete with maligning words and
aspersions on Nigeria’s security system.

According to the Mirror, “In Nigeria, where
police forces are notoriously corrupt, there
were reports she (Lewthwaite) was almost
caught a while ago, but she bribed her way
out of trouble.”

SOURCE:Punchng 

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