Fake Boko Haram Operative Arrested

The Suspect, Lawrence Ugwu

A statement on the website of the Nigerian Army has it that security forces in Abuja have arrested a man who specialized in creating panic by sending out text messages threatening attack by Boko Haram terrorists.

The suspect, Ugwu Lawrence, who was tracked by security operatives after dispatching text messages of impending bombings of some hotels in Abuja, confessed that he employed the gimmick because the management of one of the organisations failed to offer him employment.

The suspect further confessed that his motive was a ploy to instil fear in the mind of the management’s chairman, and pleaded that he is actually not a terrorist.