Indications have emerged that Samantha Lewthwaite, the British widow known as “White Widow” accused of masterminding the terrorist attack on Kenyan shopping mall in which over 60 people were killed, was in Nigeria and evaded detection, according to a report in the UK-based newspaper, Daily Mirror.
According to the newspaper, “In Nigeria, where police forces are notoriously corrupt, there were reports that she (Lewthwaite) was almost caught a while ago, but she bribed her way out of trouble.”
The full report read: “If White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite is on the run she will be hard to catch. If a Lewthwaite were to be on the run in Kenya, Nigeria or Somalia, it would be a easier to evade detection than in Europe.
“She would be wearing a veil, and sensitivities about searching Muslim women would be observed so she could easily slip through difficult checkpoints.
“In Nigeria, where police forces are notoriously corrupt, there were reports she was almost caught a while ago, but she bribed her way out of trouble,” the news report said.
“Extremist communities such as al-Shabaab are tight-knit in these countries, making it difficult to recruit agents to penetrate them and trace her.
“And Lewthwaite may hold a great deal of power as a special kind of jihadist, having proved her worth in previous attacks.
“As a white convert mum and widow of a 7/7 bomber, she would be invaluable propaganda and would command huge loyalty.
“Also, the austere nature of her adopted culture means she would rarely go out, so there would be few opportunities to follow her.
“Bounties have failed to nail jihadists as money has no value to individuals loyal to the cause.”
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Ambassador to Kenya, Ambassador Akin Oyateru, yesterday confirmed that no Nigerian citizen was affected in the terrorist attacks or involved with the terrorists in the Westgate Shopping Mall attacks which ended Tuesday after a four-day siege.
“We have gone through the list with a fine tooth comb and found no Nigerian name among the dead or the injured,” Oyateru told journalists.
The ambassador recalled that at the time the siege started, most members of the Nigerian community were attending a pan-Nigerian meeting at a hotel in the central part of the city.
“The meeting was immediately secured and the Nigerians given security briefing,” he disclosed.
Oyateru, however, expressed Nigeria’s condolences to the government and people of Kenya.
He called on the Nigerian community in Kenya to heed to the calls for blood donations for the injured and also contribute to the relief efforts in whatever way they could.
The Nigerian Mission in Nairobi, he disclosed, has already donated a modest sum of money to assist towards relief efforts, he said.
“Neither the Kenyan or Nigerian government or any other government would succumb to blackmail. These are people feeding on the orgy of violence, they have no cause, they just indulge in mindless killings,” he said.
He appealed to the public to always be vigilant and report suspicious activities to security agencies.
“Terrorism is a transnational problem that confronts all nations and everyone has to work together to combat this. Kenya has responded that it will not pull out of Somalia, it will stay for as long as it is required,” Oyateru said.
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Please who confirmed that The NPF arrested this lady and let her go on bribing them? I don’t like all this name calling. Is high time the British government and the rest of the world should give us our space. We know our police force and the people of Nigerian are corrupt but please it shouldn’t give even the British sleepless night cause a child growing will surely learn the culture and way of life of his parent. He will surely inherit one or two thing from them just like we did to our parent to British. We learn everything from them.
Please who confirmed that The NPF arrested this lady and let her go on bribing them? I don’t like all this name calling. Is high time the British government and the rest of the world should give us our space. We know our police force and the people of Nigerian are corrupt but please it shouldn’t give even the British sleepless night cause a child growing will surely learn the culture and way of life of his parent. He will surely inherit one or two thing from them just like we did to our parent to British. We learn everything from them. .
I don’t know how this bloggers think? Must they tarnish the name of our beloved nation(Nigeria) in every article they write? Saying things that never happened.. It’s so unfair that them(writers and bloggers) who should be promoting their country positively no matter the problem they are facing, are now the ones saying evils about the country. As long as am concern, the news about the wanted female that was arrested and she bribed the police and got freed was a fat lie! Nothing of such ever happened… But that of the Nigerian Ambassador to Kenya is true.. Which I saw somewhere online myself..
Shame! Shame!! Shame!!! Unto thee Britain n also 2 Thee All westernes dat Hate Africa esp. Nigeria, A Trained white Jihadist frm Britain was Nearly caught by their Fathers & Mothers! In Southampton (England) nt my own Nigeria cos Lady white was their Product. Fuck them Idiots Thunda Fire Dem Devils Incarnate If nt dia uselless n Baseless Collonialism & Corrupt Leadership toughts we would hv gone so far in 9ja! Bt may God 4give n help u guys n also may d almighty God bless n Help NIGERIA!!! IJN…… AMEN!