The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has placed all its State commands on alert, following intelligence reports that Boko Haram terrorists, and their Islamic State West Africa Province (SWAP) counterparts are planning to attack the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and five other states, including Lagos.
In the leaked memo, dated July 25 signed by the Deputy Commandant General (DCG) Operations, Dauda Mungadi, and addressed to all State commands of the NSCDC, the Corps said two separate bandit groups have also concluded plans to attack Abuja and other cities.
The memo read: “We have received credible intelligence that Boko-Haram and the ISWAP terrorist groups have mobilised fighters and high calibre weapons, particularly Rocket Propelled Grenades, RPG, launchers, Anti-Aircraft, AA, guns and General Purpose Machine Guns, GPMGS, which they intend to deploy for the offensive in Katsina State.
“In another development, two separate bandit groups are plotting coordinated attacks on North-West, North-Central and South-West (Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kogi, FCT and Lagos), respectively.
“Consequently the Commandant-General has directed you to scale up deployment in all strategic places including schools, worship centres and critical national assets in your respective states to checkmate any possible threats by these criminal elements. Please treat as urgent.”
There has been apprehension in the nation’s capital and other parts of the country, following increased attacks on security formations, as well as the Presidential Guards, in Abuja.
Spokesman of Guards Brigade, Captain Godfrey Abakpa, confirmed on Monday that terrorists ambushed troops attached to the Presidential Guards Brigade, as they were conducting patrols in Bwari area, as a result of intelligence that the Nigeria Law School, Bwari, may be attacked.
Authorities of the Law School were said to have alerted the public that terrorists had dropped a letter indicating an imminent attack.
Captain Abakpa said it was when troops responded to the fears of the Law School and residents of the area that the terrorists attacked the troops who were already combing the vicinity to locate and flush out the terrorists.
