Lewthwaite, has been linked to the huge terror
attack which occurred today in Abuja.
The huge explosion destroyed forty buses and left a
sickening trail of death and destruction as fuel tanks
on nearby vehicles also exploded amid the heat of
the blast.
But while nobody has officially claimed responsibility,
security sources, according to reports fear the
bombing may have been a revenge attack for the
death of Lewthwaite's mentor two weeks ago – al-
Shabaab terror chief Makaburi, aka Sheikh Abubakar
Shariff Ahmed.
A senior security source said agents across Africa
were on high alert after the assassination of
Makaburi – reportedly by the UK and US funded
Kenyan Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) 14 days ago.
Adding that Lewthwaite and her associates "wanted
revenge".
The source said:
"Makaburi was always believed to be at the very top
of the hierarchy of terror organisation al-Shabaab.
Intelligence suggests he introduced Samantha
Lewthwaite to many influential figures within the al-
Shabaab network. He guided her on her path to Jihad.
His murder was seen as yet another act of war."
Lewthwaite, 30, is believed to be in Nigeria, Kenya or
Somalia, where Islamist terror networks are closely
linked, making it far easier for her to evade detection
than in Europe. The daughter of a British Army
soldier, she is already on Interpol's Most Wanted list
in connection with seven murders as well as the
siege of the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi,
Kenya in September last year which left 67 dead and
nearly 200 injured.
She was reportedly caught at a checkpoint in Nigeria
just six months ago – but managed to bribe her way
to freedom.
She is also believed to have widely used the alias
'Natalie Webb' and travelled on a forged South
African passport. She has been on the run since
January 2012 and is now one of the most wanted
international fugitives in the world, officially being
hunted by 190 countries!
Local police, however, have linked today's bombing
to the Boko Haram terrorist network.
Sources: DAILY STAR
Sent From David Aniemeka
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