The Department of State Services (DSS) has sent a red alert to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over planned attacks by Boko Haram/Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists and allied bandits on military bases in Nigeria’s border communities.
The DSS, letter titled, ‘Plans by Insurgents To Launch Attacks On Military Bases In Various Border Communities’ and dated November 25, 2021, was addressed to the Customs Area Controller, Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Area Command, Abeokuta and signed by the State Director of Security, Ogun State Command, M.B. Abdullahi.
The DSS therefore advised all the nation’s defence and security agencies to be on alert and put on measures to ensure the security of personnel and also to thwart such planned attacks.
According to the letter: “Available intelligence indicates plans by insurgents and criminal elements to carry out simultaneous attacks on military posts and bases in various border communities across the nation anytime from now.
“IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING AND THE LIKELIHOOD SUCH ATTACKS NOT LIMITED TO THE MILITARY PERSONNEL ONLY, ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY AGENCIES WITH OPERATIONAL BASES AT BORDER COMMUNITIES ARE ADVISED TO TAKE NOTE OF THE ABOVE THREAT AND EMPLACE COUNTERMEASURES WITH EMPHASIS ON PERSONAL SECURITY OF OPERATIVES TO FRUSTRATE THE PLANNED ATTACK, PLEASE.”
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