NIGERIA’S security agencies have increased surveillance and strengthened important locations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) after receiving intelligence about a possible insurgents plot against key infrastructure in the country’s capital, similar to past attacks in neighbouring Niger Republic.
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and Nigerian Correctional Service said on Thursday, Alril 16, they had taken steps to secure airports and custodial centres, following an internal memo from the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), warning of planned attacks by insurgents.
The April 13 memo signed by NCS’ Deputy Comptroller General of Enforcement, Inspection and Investigation, Timi Bomodi, said terrorists were targeting the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Kuje Custodial Centre and a detention facility in Niger State, as well as a military detention facility in Wawa, Niger State.
The two-page document said terrorist groups, such as Boko Haram, ISWAP, Ansaru and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen, may be involved, claiming that ISWAP fighters had already entered the FCT to prepare for attacks on the airport and Kuje Prison to free detained insurgents.
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