CONFUSION!!!:(In Abuja)Group Of People Tagged As Islamic Sects Denies The Allegations On Them By Security Personnels.

The truth can never be hidden forever,even when all the lies seems to be stronger than the truth...the fact remains the same and unchanged...cuz our people always say"in every factors of lie;there is always an iota of truth..."lol...

Bellow is how punchng are reporting the incident...

There was confusion in Abuja on Friday as
operatives of the State Security Service
raided a building in Apo Quarters, killing
eight people.
Though the SSS claimed that those killed
were members of the dreaded Islamic sect,
Boko Haram, eyewitnesses and survivors
denied the security agents’ claim.
Survivors alleged that the attack was
masterminded by the owner of the of the
building that was raided, who they said had
strong connections in government, adding
that it was done to force them out of the
premises.
Earlier, the Deputy Director, SSS, Public
Relations, Marilyn Ogar, had in a statement
claimed that the victims were gunmen who
engaged the SSS operatives in a gun battle.

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The SSS spokeswoman said the security
operatives were attacked by the
sympathisers of the sect when they went to
a building on Soji Aderemi Close, off
Bamanga Tukur Street, Apo Quarters, to
exhume weapons buried in an
uncompleted building by people suspected
to be members of the Islamic sect.
She further stated that the attack was
sequel to information obtained from two
Boko Haram elements, Kamal Abdullahi and
Mohammed Adamu, who had earlier been
arrested for terrorist activities. She added
that the suspects led the security team to
two uncompleted buildings where arms
were purportedly buried.
In a statement issued on Friday, Ogar said,
“No sooner had the team commenced
digging for the arms, than they came under
heavy gunfire attack by other Boko Haram
elements within the area, which prompted
immediate response from the security
team. As a result, some persons were
injured and 12 others have been arrested
in connection with the incident, and are
making useful statements.
“Normalcy has returned to the area.

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Members of the public are advised to go
about their normal businesses, as
appropriate security measures have been
emplaced to ensure the safety of citizens in
the FCT,” the statement read in part.’’
The SSS advised Nigerians to be vigilant
and promptly report suspicious activities to
security agencies.
But survivors of the attack denied being
members of the Islamic sect. They told
Saturday PUNCH on Friday that the over
200 people living in the houses attacked
couldn’t have been Boko Haram members.
The survivors told one of our reporters on
their hospital beds that contrary to
allegations by the SSS, they were not Boko
Haram members.
Mallam Ibrahim Mohammed from Zamfara
State who spoke on behalf of others
through an interpreter at the Accident and
Emergency Department of Asokoro Hospital,
told SATURDAY PUNCH that the government
should probe the sporadic shooting and
prosecutes the masterminds accordingly.
He said, “We are not Boko Haram members;
that is a great blackmail, it is not true. How
can over 200 people living in an
uncompleted building be Boko Haram
members .Among us are Keke (tricycle)
drivers and operators; shoemakers and
many others. Some of us are married with
children.

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“The owner of the house instructed security
men to get rid of us; he used his contact in
government to descend on us. This matter
must not be swept under the carpet. It is
unfortunate that we are being treated like
this. The government should investigate
what happened and get those behind it
prosecuted.”
Mohammed further explained the genesis
of the problem. He said, “About one week
ago, we caught two thieves who stole some
electrical appliances in the uncompleted
building where we stay. We informed the
security man guiding the place because we
pay him N200 every week, even though we
are aware that the money does not get to
the owner of the building.
“Immediately after getting hold of the
culprits, we put a call to the owner of the
house, who we understand, is a highly
placed (senior security officer). When he
eventually came, he pardoned the thieves
and set them free. But we were not aware
that he had given one week ultimatum to
the security man to send all of us away.
“Instead of informing us, the security man
packed his belongings and sneaked out,
leaving us to our fate. But at about 2:30 am
last night, we saw about five trucks of
armed security men. They opened fire into
the air and out of fear, we started running
for safety. That was when they got the
opportunity to shoot sporadically and in
the end, many people died.
“I ran and hid myself under a car that was
parked, not knowing that they had seen me.
They opened fire on me and that was what
affected my two legs. The government
should investigate the owner of the house.’’

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Though Ogar was silent on the number of
casualties, one of the eyewitnesses told
Saturday Punch that seven bodies were
brought out of the building dead while one
of the injured ones died on the way to the
Asokoro District Hospital.
A combined team of SSS and army officers
were keeping watch over the area and
checking motorists when our
correspondent visited the scene on Friday.
An eyewitness, Sani Abdullahi, told our
correspondent that he had gone out
around 12 am to buy food when he saw
security personnel in six pick-up vans on
Aderemi Street taking positions on the
ground with their rifles aimed at an
uncompleted building.
Abdullahi said that the people had been
squatting in the building for about four
years, noting that they were known to
engage in menial jobs.
He said, “one of my friends, Tahir, was
behind me when we saw the security men.
He ran back, but I told him he should find
out what was happening before running
away. As we were talking, one of the men
released a shot into the air and another
one released five rounds, so I took off and
hid at a nearby house. I quickly removed
the white shirt I was wearing so that it
would not give me away and I jumped the
fence into another compound.”
Abdullahi, a driver, explained that the SSS
men laid down flat on the ground and fired
rapidly at the two uncompleted building for
some time, adding that seven bodies were
later brought out while the injured ones
were taken to Asokoro District Hospital.

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According to him, one of the injured died
having sustained gunshot wounds in the
stomach.
Abdullahi added that the intensity of the
gunfire from the SSS personnel attracted
policemen numbering about 30, but they
left when they saw that it was a security
operation
He explained that he and other neighbours
later entered the building and found a
magazine containing 30 live rounds which
was given to the Emir of Garki, who gave it
to the Garki Divisional Police Officer.
“A retired Customs Controller who lived on
the street came out with his armed security
detail to see what was going on; a senator
also came and the Director-General, SSS,
also came to the scene in the morning,” he
stated.
Another eyewitness who identified himself
as Danjuma said he initially thought it was
a robbery operation, but the intensity of
the gunfire indicated that it was not.
He said everybody in the area ran away
when they heard the gunshots, adding that
the incident was frightening.
“The gunfire was frightening and my friends
and I ran when we heard the gunshots. I
know some of the people in that building,
they have been living there for some time
and they are mostly Keke NAPEP drivers,
mai-ruwa and so on. I am surprised that
they are being labelled as Boko Haram, but
I believe the security agencies know better,”
Danjuma stated.

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Meanwhile, two people were killed on
Friday in fresh attack by unknown gunmen
in Wase local government of Plateau state.
The gunmen, numbering over 20 were said
to have launched the attack on Nbiyak
village of Kadarko district of Wase. Nniyak is
a community inhabited by the Tarok ethnic
group.
They were said to have shot sporadically in
the air as residents made efforts to flee,
setting many houses ablaze.
A member of the community Samuel Wuyep
who confirmed the attack to newsmen, said
that the attack came after rumours that the
community was to be attacked .
He said, “There have been rumours that
some people suspected to be Fulani were
planning to attack our village, we reported
the rumours to security agencies in the
area but they ignored the threat. The attack
was actually carried out as rumoured and
they killed two people, I also know some
people are missing and have not been
found.’’
Spokesman of the Special Task Force,
Captain Salisu Mustapha was not available
for comments.

SOURCE: PUNCHNG 

So I begins to wonder what our security men does nowadays,what if the victims(alleged boko haram terrorists)turned out to be speaking the truth...will the government persecute the security operatives involved in the attack...?

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