Nigeria Trains Terrorism Police

Nigeria is training its first group of specialist anti-terrorism police.

The 308 officers will be deployed to the northern city of Kano, the Niger Delta city of Port Harcourt and the commercial capital, Lagos.

Last year, the US embassy issued a warning that al-Qaeda was planning to attack US and UK interests in the country.

Six people are currently in jail facing terrorism charges, but lawyers say the evidence against them is weak.

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This article addresses the training that Nigeria has been doing for 308 officers who will be sent to Kano which is the Niger Delta city of Port Harcourt and to lagos which is the commercial capital. According to the US embassy, al Qaeda had plans to make terrorist attacks against US and UK interests in the country. The Nigerian government has initiated the training of officers in the country to combat these possible attacks, and thier training is said to be "world-class." Some of these officers will even come to the United States or go to the United Kingdom for training which shows the international relations Nigeria has with some nations. The fear of terrorist attacks is with oil interests; many fear that people will come across the northern border from Nigeria to attack. The training of these officers and the steps being taken to prevent attacks show that the Nigerian government is concerned with what would be best for the Nigerian citizens.

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