Gunmen have attacked some officials of the 7 Guards Battalion of the Nigerian Army Presidential Guards Brigade in Abuja, Premium Times reports.
It was gathered that the incident took place late Friday night around the Bwari Area Council of Abuja, and left three soldiers wounded and eight personnel killed.
Two of the slain personnel were officers, including a captain and lieutenant, while the remaining were soldiers.
According to a source within the army, the main aim of the terrorists is to attack the Nigerian Law School in Bwari and they may have already camped in the area.
The Nigerian army has yet to officially react to the attack. Army spokesperson Onyema Nwachukwu did not pick up or return calls to his phone. But Premium Times said different intelligence sources claimed that the government was aware of plans by terrorists to attack some places in the capital.
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The Minister of Education had ordered that the Federal Government College, Kwali be shut down after terrorists attacked a community near the school. The Federal Government also ordered that security should be beefed up around unity schools in the country.
The attack on the Guards Brigade which is expected to protect the president comes a few weeks after terrorists launched a similar attack on a presidential convoy in Dutsinma, Katsina State.
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On the same day, terrorists invaded the Kuje prison in Abuja and freed hundreds of inmates, including Boko Haram suspects.
Friday’s attack also occurred two days before terrorists released a video showing them manhandling persons kidnapped from the Abuja-Kaduna train.
One of the terrorists in the video threatened that his group would abduct President Buhari, Kaduna State Governor Nasiru El-Rufai, and other prominent Nigerians and destabilise the country if their demands were not met.
The terrorists also threatened to kill and sell some of the remaining Abuja-Kaduna train passengers in their custody.
“This is our message to the government of Nigeria and just as you have seen these people here, by God’s grace, you will see your leaders; your senators and governors will come before us. These ones you are seeing here, we will keep some as our slaves and sell them off just as our Imam told you in the past.
“Just like the Chibok girls that were sold off, we will equally sell these ones as slaves. If you don’t adhere to our demands, we will kill the ones we need to kill and sell the remaining. By God’s grace, El-Rufai, Buhari, we will bring you here,” the terrorist said in the video.
Meanwhile, Senator Sheu Sani has posted a picture of one of the soldiers killed in an attack in Abuja.
The senator identified the victim as Jauro Ibrahim Suleiman.
In a tweet on Tuesday, the senator said, “Jauro Ibrahim Suleiman; One the casualties of the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Abuja yesterday.We appreciate your life of service and sacrifice.May Allah grant him Aljanna firdausi.My condolences to his family and
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