Nigeria: Boko Haram - It's Stop-and-Search Time in Port Harcourt

25 June 2014

Police have beefed up security around government facilities and some major gateways into Port Harcourt. This may be to fortify the capital city of oil-rich Rivers State against any attack by insurgents.

To this end, Police counter-terrorism squad now subject motorists driving into the magnificent secretariat complex to a "stop and search operation".

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