Security agencies have deployed their operatives in numbers to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) following the terror alerts issued by the United States and the United Kingdom persisted on Friday.
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that the United States Embassy in Nigeria had issued a warning about an increased risk of terrorist attacks in the country’s capital, Abuja.
Despite the reaction from the Federal Government that there was no cause for panic, it was learnt that there was a massive deployment of Special Forces and the elite Presidential Guards Brigade in Abuja metropolis to prevent possible terrorist attacks.
Armed security personnel, including policemen, were seen patrolling the city centre, the Kubwa Expressway, Jabi and other strategic points.
Security agents were also seen around the NNPC Towers, and War College, both in the Central Business District and around the Central Bank of Nigeria headquarters.
According to the US advisory, the terrorists might attack public buildings, places of worship, schools, markets, shopping malls, hotels, bars, restaurants, athletic gatherings, transport terminals, and facilities belonging to law enforcement agencies and international organisations.
The US, therefore, directed non-essential embassy staff and their family members to be evacuated from the FCT.
This publication had reported that two suspects were arrested at the Trademore Estate, Lugbe, Abuja.
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