Terrorist sects Boko Haram and ISWAP are planning to attack Lagos, Abuja and Katsina states respectively, a memo by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has revealed.
The alert revealed that the two sects had sophisticated weapons to be used for targets in Katsina State.
Similarly, other terrorist groups are gearing up to hit Abuja, the nation’s capital, and others, including Lagos State.
The NSCDC advised all State commands to protect public places and government facilities across the country.
Deputy Commandant General (DCG) of Operations, DD Mungadi signed the July 24 memo titled “Heightened Plots By Terrorists To Stage Coordinated Attacks in Parts of the Country”
It said intelligence shows that Boko-Haram and the ISWAP “have mobilised fighters and high calibre weapons particularly Rocket-propelled Grenade (RPG) launchers, Anti-Aircraft (AA) guns and General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGS)”.
These are for the offensive in Katsina, the home State of President Muhammadu Buhari.
It added that “two separate bandits groups’ are plotting coordinated attacks on North-West, North Central and South West. (Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kogi, FCT and Lagos) respectively”.
The civil defence directed its personnel to increase deployment to schools, worship centres and critical national assets in their respective States to checkmate possible threats by criminal elements.
