For one week now, security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has been fortified following threats by the Niger Delta militants to invade the seat of government of Nigeria.
Against this background, LEADERSHIP can authoritatively reveal that security agencies have been put on red alert and are combat-ready to meet the challenges of the Niger Delta militants who are now considered by both domestic and international societies as terrorists that masquerade as “freedom fighters.”
Apparently worried by this development, the Federal Government, in close collaboration with security agencies, has not taken the threat lightly as security in and around Abuja in particular and the FCT at large has been beefed up to possibly meet force with force in the event of the militants’ decision to execute their threat of invading the FCT.
Sources very close to the Presidency informed our correspondent that since last week after getting security report on the plans of the militants, adequate security network has been put in place as most of the routes coming into the FCT have been secured by both the plain-clothes security agencies, the military and para-military organisations whose duty is to protect lives and property ..
The source further revealed that in view of the level of seriousness the government takes the threat, security has also been made air-tight at leading hotels like Sheraton and Transcorp Hilton, Abuja with a view to forestal any eventuality from the terrorists’ rascality .
LEADERSHIP learnt that although the government has not alerted the public in order not to cause panic among its citizens in Abuja, it however assured that no amount of threat from militants would make it shirk its responsibilities of governing Nigeria as an indivisible entity as it has the maximum capacity to defend its territory from terrorists.
Source: The Leadership