ECOWAS Issues Intelligence Report, warn Staffs in Abuja to stay Indoors after work The Economic Community of West African States (ECOW...
ECOWAS Issues Intelligence Report, warn Staffs in Abuja to stay Indoors after work
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has
issued a security alert to its staff, urging them to be cautious and avoid
engagements that will require them to be outdoors after work hours.
The security alert seen by Peoples Gazette is dated July 27
and is titled, “Urgent Security advisory.”
“Intelligence reports warn of plans by undesirable elements
to infiltrate various parts of the country, particularly state capitals,
including the Federal Capital Territory, with the view to perpetrate crimes
such as abductions and kidnappings for ransom, or as means of getting recruits
for terrorist activities,” the circular said.
The alert follows multiple security breaches around
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory.
Last night, Nigerian soldiers and armed bandits engaged in gunfire near Abuja.
Witnesses told Peoples Gazette that the armed insurgents
were on an eastern advance into Abuja when Nigerian soldiers intercepted them
at joint security forces barricades close to Zuma Rock.
This attack comes three days after about a dozen soldiers
were killed by bandits in Bwari, another suburb of the Nigerian capital. Three
elite officers of the Presidential Guards Brigade were confirmed dead after
sustaining life-threatening injuries from an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists on
Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Federal Ministry of Education on Monday
directed the closure of all Federal Government Colleges (FGCs) in Abuja amid
security threats on the FCT unity colleges.
Security tensions have heightened in the FCT since Boko
Haram insurgents breached the prisons in
Kuje, An Abuja suburb, releasing over 600 hardened criminals, including
64 terrorists.
Khalid Al-Barnawi, who masterminded the bombing of UN
Headquarters in Abuja in 2011, and regarded as a valuable asset of the criminal
sect was among those freed.
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