According to a report by UK Daily
Mirror, Samantha Lewthwaite, the British woman known as the “White Widow”
accused of masterminding the Kenyan shopping mall massacre that left 68 people
dead and over 170 injured was in Nigeria sometime ago and evaded
detection.
From Daily Mirror;
If White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite is on the run she will be hard
to catch. If 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. 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.
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