Boko Haram Planning To Attack Nigeria’s Borders, DSS Raises Alarm

GoldenNewsNg gathered that the Department of State Service, DSS, has raised an alarm over a planned attack by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists on Ogun border communities and other border communities across the country.

This was made known in a letter dated November 25, 2021, addressed to the Customs Area Controller, Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Area Command, Abeokuta.

The letter was titled, ‘Plans by Insurgents To Launch Attacks On Military Bases In Various Border Communities,’ and signed by the State Director of Security, Ogun State Command, M.B. Abdullahi.

According to the DSS, the Nigeria Customs Service must be on high alert over the impending attack.

Intelligence made available to the secret police, the insurgents plan to attack military bases in the border towns simultaneously.

The DSS asked military operatives and other security agents to put measures in place to frustrate such attacks.

It read, “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.”

Meanwhile, Ogun State Govt security has arrested a man, for being in possession of a firearm.

Ogun State Government security outfit, the So-Safe Corps, has arrested a man, identified as Matthew, for being in possession of a firearm and dangerous weapons.

According to report, Matthew works on a farm in Ibadan, Oyo state, but he said his salary couldn’t meet his needs so he chosed a different life and relocated to Ogun State.