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The Borno State
Police Command said on Monday that it had uncovered a plot by the Boko
Haram Islamic sect to cause another round of mayhem in the state.

The state’s
Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Abdu, who disclosed this to journalists
in Maiduguri, said the attack was to commemorate the one year
anniversary of the death of the sect’s leader, Sheikh Mohammed Yusuf.

Mr. Yusuf died under controversial circumstances after he was arrested and transferred from the military to the police.

Mr. Abdu said the
threat should be of concern to law-abiding citizens of the state, as
the safety of Borno should be of priority to everybody.

He called on
traditional and religious leaders, as well as members of the public, to
assist the police with useful information on the whereabouts of the
proscribed Boko Harm members.

“We have put in
place a surveillance team, ‘Stop and Search patrol’, as well as plain
clothes policemen. Police officers have been deployed to strategic
positions in the state as part of security arrangements,” he said.

The commissioner
advised the people to go about their normal businesses, assuring them
that the police and other security agencies are in position to
guarantee their safety.

In 2009, the group unleashed mayhem in some states in northern
Nigeria that led to the death of over 700 people in clashes between
them and security forces. The group seeks the imposition of sharia law
throughout Nigeria.