The Department of State Services, (DSS), has sent a red alert to the Nigeria Customs Service over planned attacks by insurgents on all the border communities across the country.
The DSS disclosed this in a letter, titled: ‘Plans by Insurgents To Launch Attacks On Military Bases In Various Border Communities’, which was dated November 25, 2021, 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 letter read in part: “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”.
