A recent safety alert has raised issues over potential coordinated assaults on key authorities services within the Federal Capital Territory and close by Niger State.
Particulars from an inner memo present that terrorist {groups} are plotting strikes on main targets, together with the Nnamdi Azikiwe Worldwide Airport, the Kuje correctional facility, and a navy detention web site in Wawa, Niger State.
The doc, dated April 13 and issued by the Nigerian Customs Service, factors to a joint plan involving fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the Sadiku-led Boko Haram faction, Ansaru, and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen (JNIM).
Intelligence throughout the report signifies that some operatives have already moved into the capital metropolis to organize for the operation.
In response to the memo, “have already infiltrated” the Federal Capital Territory, elevating fears of an imminent threat to public infrastructure and nationwide safety belongings. The report additional warned that the attackers purpose to breach detention centres and trigger harm to aviation services, a transfer that would disrupt motion and create panic.
Safety findings additionally linked a part of the operation to prison parts working across the Kainji Lake Nationwide Park axis. The realm has, in latest months, served as a base for coordinated assaults and mass abductions throughout components of Niger and Kwara States.
Sources accustomed to the scenario recalled that the identical community was answerable for a collection of kidnappings in 2025, together with the kidnapping of scholars and workers from a Catholic college in Niger State, in addition to ladies and youngsters in close by communities.
The memo, signed by a senior Customs official, pressured that the deliberate assault on the Abuja airport mirrors latest assaults on aviation infrastructure in neighbouring Niger Republic. It warned that such a method suggests an try to copy related high-impact operations inside Nigeria.
Reacting to the event, Customs spokesperson Abdullahi Maiwada confirmed the authenticity of the doc however described it as a “leaked” communication. He declined additional feedback, noting that the problem falls underneath delicate nationwide safety issues.
In response to the threat, the Customs Service has ordered tighter safety throughout its instructions. Officers have been directed to extend patrols, strengthen surveillance, and implement stricter entry management in any respect services throughout the FCT.
“All guests to Customs Instructions and services ought to be completely screened,” the memo said, including that people with out legitimate causes should be denied entry.
Particular models, together with intelligence and anti-smuggling groups, have additionally been positioned on alert. Reinforcements are being deployed to guard strategic areas, whereas patrol groups have been instructed to take care of fixed communication with central command models.
Authorities have additionally urged officers to behave swiftly on any suspicious motion. The directive emphasised coordination amongst safety companies to forestall any breach.