Security operatives dismantle terror cell in Abuja, arrest ISWAP fighters

In a joint security action, operatives of Department of State Services (DSS), the National Intelligence Agency, (NIA), the police, and other security agencies have dismantled a terror cell and arrested five Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) commanders and 30 fighters in Abuja.

This is coming few days after the United States of America and the United Kingdom alerted Nigeria of a possible terror attack in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The suspects were captured in a joint operation launched by the Department of State Services (DSS), the National Intelligence Agency, (NIA), the police, and other security agencies.

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It noted that the suspects were captured in Abuja at their hideouts in different locations and are being held in the custody of the DSS.

Reacting to the advisories, the federal government, through the minister of information assured Nigerians that the Nigerian Armed Forces were on top of security challenges in the country.

The DSS also called on Nigerians to remain calm as similar warnings have been issued in the past.

The DSS said, “While advising that necessary precautions are taken by all and sundry, the populace is enjoined to remain alert and assist security agencies with useful information regarding threats and suspicious criminal acts around them,”