The Commander, Guards Brigade, Brigadier General Mohammed Takuti Usman, has said that reports of plots to attack the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were unfounded.
He said he has not received any intelligence report backing up claims of an imminent attack on the nation’s capital and government assets.
Usman, whose elite Presidential Guards Brigade protects the President and his family, the Aso Rock Villa and Abuja, noted that the troops have not encountered security threat.
He said, “(On Wednesday night), there was a radio programme 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.
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“We searched but found nothing dangerous on them and they were not on camels as rumoured.’’
Asked about the security alert from the Force Intelligence Bureau of the Nigeria Police Force sent to the National Assembly indicating that the insurgents were plotting to attack the FCT, Usman said, ‘’I’m not aware of the report that insurgents want to attack Abuja; Abuja is cool and calm.
“We carry out patrol in Abuja. I am not aware of the police alert, I was not copied. We (Brigade Commander and Police) hold meetings in the CP’s office. We are playing our own part to ensure security of lives and property; so, I don’t know where these reports of attack in Abuja are coming from. Abuja is okay and nobody is being attacked as far as I know.’’