Nigerian Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has disclosed that it has uncovered plans by terrorists to attack “critical infrastructure” across the country.
While the DHQ did not give further details of the infrastructure planned to be attacked, it said adequate measures has been put in place to “forestall such plans”.
Briefing newsmen at the Defence Headquarters on Thursday, Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, troops had already frustrated some of such plans. “Security agencies responsible for securing critical infrastructure and facilities have also been placed on alert. Accordingly, some of such plans have been frustrated,” the DHQ said.
General Buba added that the military is keeping up the pressure through ongoing operations in five active theatres across the country. “These theatres are namely, the NE, NW, NC, SS and SE, with the NE and NW having the highest levels of intensity”.
“During the week under review, troops neutralised 187 and arrested 183 persons. Troops also arrested 26 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 109 kidnapped hostages. In the SS, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of One Billion One Hundred and Twenty Seven Million Two Hundred and Twenty Nine Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninty Naira (N1,127,229,890.00) only,” Buba added.
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