Boko Haram, ISWAP: Fear, Anxiety as Terrorists Threaten Nigerian Capital, Abuja
The recent upsurge in terrorist attacks in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has begun to affect economic activities, causing fear and apprehension among residents, who fear being attacked, killed or abducted from their homes .
DAILY POST reports that daredevil gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram insurgents, wreaking havoc in many parts of the country, have gone on a rampage in the nation's capital.
Recall that on July 5, terrorists attacked the Medium Correctional Facility (Kuje Jail) in Abuja and killed at least one person while many others were injured.
During the attack, more than 800 detainees, including members of Boko Haram and bloodthirsty insurgents from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), were taken into custody temporary in the establishment, were released.
There have been a series of incidents of killings and abductions in many parts of the territory, particularly in Kwali and Bwari Area Council of the FCT.
Recall that bandits attacked a community in Kwali near the Federal Government College in the village of Sheda on the ever-busy Abuja-Lokoja highway on Sunday evening.
Following this unfortunate development, parents stormed the Federal Government College (FGC) Kwali on Monday morning, to evacuate their children and wards as tension enveloped residents and school management.< /p>
Subsequently, the Federal Ministry of Education ordered the closure of all Federal Government Colleges (FGC) in Abuja in a bid to prevent attacks on students.
Federal Ministry of Education Press Director Mr Ben Goong said in a statement that the decision was to prevent any violent attacks on innocent children amid growing insecurity and threats from insurgents .
More disturbing was the attack on some officials of the Nigerian Army's 7th Presidential Guard Battalion on Friday, when at least five soldiers were killed and several others injured.
The incident, which occurred late Friday evening around the Bwari Area Council in Abuja, left three soldiers injured and eight killed.
In a separate incident, two army captains and a soldier died as heroes after battling insurgents around the Kubwa-Bwari road near Abuja during a routine patrol Sunday night.< /p>
DAILY POST observed that many residents are no longer going about their daily activities for fear of being attacked by daredevil terrorists suspected of having infiltrated the city and who are hibernating waiting to attack.
Clubs and other nightlife activities begin to retreat due to lack of patronage as fear of further attacks envelops the territory.
A commercial taxi company driver who identified himself as Ademola KT, told DAILY POST that some of his colleagues stopped working at night following the worsening security crisis in the nation's capital .
He said, "In our job we make more money at night but I can tell you now that it is one of the most dangerous things to do in Abuja these days. Updated Apart from news of terrorist attacks in many places, people are missing every day.
“There are things we see at night that we cannot say. People are killed and kidnapped daily, but unfortunately we only see a few of them in the media.”
DAILY POST reports that while some private business owners are now closing their businesses to get home before dark, officials still live with the fear of being taken away by terrorists when returning home at night.
Intelligence reports have also revealed that Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and bandits are currently planning to attack some states in Nigeria, especially the FCT< /p>
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) sounded the alarm in a memo sent to commands across the country on Tuesday.
However, in an effort to ease the tension, the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Alkali Baba Usman has ordered additional deployment of assets to strategic areas in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
In a statement by the Force's public relations officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, the IGP said the force "leaves no stone unturned in fortifying the Federal Capital Territory and its environs".
The recent upsurge in terrorist attacks in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has begun to affect economic activities, causing fear and apprehension among residents, who fear being attacked, killed or abducted from their homes .
DAILY POST reports that daredevil gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram insurgents, wreaking havoc in many parts of the country, have gone on a rampage in the nation's capital.
Recall that on July 5, terrorists attacked the Medium Correctional Facility (Kuje Jail) in Abuja and killed at least one person while many others were injured.
During the attack, more than 800 detainees, including members of Boko Haram and bloodthirsty insurgents from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), were taken into custody temporary in the establishment, were released.
There have been a series of incidents of killings and abductions in many parts of the territory, particularly in Kwali and Bwari Area Council of the FCT.
Recall that bandits attacked a community in Kwali near the Federal Government College in the village of Sheda on the ever-busy Abuja-Lokoja highway on Sunday evening.
Following this unfortunate development, parents stormed the Federal Government College (FGC) Kwali on Monday morning, to evacuate their children and wards as tension enveloped residents and school management.< /p>
Subsequently, the Federal Ministry of Education ordered the closure of all Federal Government Colleges (FGC) in Abuja in a bid to prevent attacks on students.
Federal Ministry of Education Press Director Mr Ben Goong said in a statement that the decision was to prevent any violent attacks on innocent children amid growing insecurity and threats from insurgents .
More disturbing was the attack on some officials of the Nigerian Army's 7th Presidential Guard Battalion on Friday, when at least five soldiers were killed and several others injured.
The incident, which occurred late Friday evening around the Bwari Area Council in Abuja, left three soldiers injured and eight killed.
In a separate incident, two army captains and a soldier died as heroes after battling insurgents around the Kubwa-Bwari road near Abuja during a routine patrol Sunday night.< /p>
DAILY POST observed that many residents are no longer going about their daily activities for fear of being attacked by daredevil terrorists suspected of having infiltrated the city and who are hibernating waiting to attack.
Clubs and other nightlife activities begin to retreat due to lack of patronage as fear of further attacks envelops the territory.
A commercial taxi company driver who identified himself as Ademola KT, told DAILY POST that some of his colleagues stopped working at night following the worsening security crisis in the nation's capital .
He said, "In our job we make more money at night but I can tell you now that it is one of the most dangerous things to do in Abuja these days. Updated Apart from news of terrorist attacks in many places, people are missing every day.
“There are things we see at night that we cannot say. People are killed and kidnapped daily, but unfortunately we only see a few of them in the media.”
DAILY POST reports that while some private business owners are now closing their businesses to get home before dark, officials still live with the fear of being taken away by terrorists when returning home at night.
Intelligence reports have also revealed that Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and bandits are currently planning to attack some states in Nigeria, especially the FCT< /p>
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) sounded the alarm in a memo sent to commands across the country on Tuesday.
However, in an effort to ease the tension, the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Alkali Baba Usman has ordered additional deployment of assets to strategic areas in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
In a statement by the Force's public relations officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, the IGP said the force "leaves no stone unturned in fortifying the Federal Capital Territory and its environs".
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