Following the anxiety over fears of Boko Haram attacks in the FCT, the Commander Guards Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Mohammed Takuti Usman, has disclosed that the nation’s capital is safe as troops were on regular patrol of the FCT.
Assuring that troops of the elite Brigade responsible for the protection of the President and his family, the Aso Rock Villa and Abuja, Usman said the troops have not encountered any security threat adding that he has not received any report or intelligence to show that terrorists were targeting government assets in the FCT.
The Commander said, “On Wednesday, there was a report that armed Fulani men were coming to Abuja; my troops went and pinned them down in Gwagwadala. It took them three hours to locate them. They were on their way to Bauchi and Jos.
We searched but found nothing dangerous on them and they were not on camels as rumored.’’
Commenting on the security alert from a sister Security Agency, the Force Intelligence Bureau of the Nigeria Police Force of an impending attack, the Brigade Commander said, ‘’I’m not aware of the report that insurgents want to attack Abuja; Abuja is cool and calm.