A security notice has been issued by the Department of State Services (DSS) regarding a massive bandit conspiracy to attack the Abuja-Kaduna train service any time from now.
On March 28, 2022, a train travelling from Abuja to Kaduna was assaulted, passengers abducted in the Katari Village of Kaduna State. This caused the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) to temporarily cease operations on the route.
In a fresh notice, the DSS warned train passengers to be extra cautious in a letter that was leaked which was signed by R.N. Adepemu, Director of DSS’s FCT Command. The letter was titled, “Security Alert: Impending Threat By A Coalition Of Banditry Syndicate To Attack Abuja-Kaduna Train Service Along AKTS Corridor.”
According to the top-secret memo, a banditry syndicate alliance was preparing an imminent attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train with the goal of kidnapping passengers and holding them for ransom.
In another development, the leadership of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said it will resist propaganda by bandits.
The NAF was responding to a video in which some bandits claim responsibility for the crash of its helicopter.
Spokesman of the Air force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said: “While it is not in the character of NAF to respond to such claims, particularly one peddled by terrorists, concerns expressed by well-meaning Nigerians on the need to address the propaganda becomes imperative.
“Like all military organizations involved in counterinsurgency and counter- terrorism operations, incidences of fatalities, mishaps and crashes are sometimes inevitable.
“With heightened levels of air operations, occasioned by an enhanced fleet, the likelihood of air mishaps and accidents at times become unavoidable and inevitable due to various reasons.
“Indeed, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar said this much when he hosted Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State, yesterday, August 15, 2023, at his office where he noted that the rates of aircraft accidents/incidences are directly proportional to the heightened level of air operations.
“While the NAF regrets such unfortunate incidents, especially as they involve the loss of lives of our colleagues, the Service will never shy away from unraveling the probable cause of the crash with a view to drawing lessons.
“For those aiding and abetting the propaganda tendencies of terrorists, deliberately or inadvertently, by spreading the videos of the alleged crash site with gory pictures of dead military personnel, the need to rethink the consequences of their actions on the morale of troops, families of deceased personnel as well as on Nigeria’s national security is imperative.
“For the NAF and indeed the entire members of the Armed Forces, our resolve and determination to bring the current security situation in Niger State and indeed all troubled spots in the country remains unshaken.
“Infact, if anything, we are determined more than ever before, to take on the enemy frontally until they are brought to their knees.”
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