Security agencies investigating the Nyanya motor park bombing that occurred in Abuja last week have received information pointing to the fact that Somalian terror group Al Shabab had a hand in the attack.
Whilst Boko Haram recently claimed responsibility for the attacks, intelligence reports have revealed that the Northern insurgents were aided by Al Shabab.
Al Shabab is the same terror group that was responsible for the terror attack on the Westgate mall in Kenya last year.
A security source said, “We received the information two weeks before the attempted jailbreak at the headquarters of the Department of State Services in Abuja.
“What we got was that those who carried out the Kenyan Mall attack were up to something in Abuja.
“So when the jailbreak at the SSS occurred, we thought that could be their mission to the country.
“What happened on Monday last week seems to suggest that they had a hand in it because we had the information two weeks before that foiled jailbreak.”
Another source said, “All along, we had been suspecting the hand of international terror organisations in the fight; most of the patterns of these attacks indicated their involvement.
“This could be a confirmation; it could be an interesting confirmation which will help in our subsequent approach to the strategy of managing this issue.
“I can confirm to you that several of such foreigners with strange features have been killed.”