DSS Confirms Boko Haram’s Plan To Launch Fresh Attack On Abuja-Kaduna Train Service

The Department of State Services (DSS) has written to the Federal Ministry of Transportation confirming that its intelligence revealed that Boko Haram terrorists have issued threats to launch a fresh attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train service.

This publication learnt that the Ministry of Transportation revealed the latest development in an internal memo obtained by Sahara Reporters.

The Federal Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, urged the security department to meet with relevant stakeholders to prevent the terrorist attack.

The letter read: “Re: Threat by Boko Haram terrorists to attack the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service” was signed by Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, the transportation Minister.

“We are in receipt of a letter reference, S.314/31/C/5390, dated February 1, 2023, from the Department of State Services in respect of the above subject matter.

“It is our considered opinion that the Honourable Minister of Defence, as a matter of urgency, graciously convenes a meeting of all relevant stakeholders for the purpose of reviewing the reported alert with a view to ensuring that everything necessary to forestall any such occurrence is adequately dealt with.”

Buratai Makes Case For President Buhari

Meanwhile, the former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), has made a case for President Muhammadu Buhari over his promise to fight insurgencies when he took over as president.

The former army chief told pressmen in Abuja on Sunday that the president has fulfilled the promise made in his inaugural address on May 29, 2015, to subdue terrorism in the country.

According to him, President Buhari came up with clear-cut strategies to subdue the Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists, thereby restoring peace to the northeast and other areas.