Department of State Services (DSS) has asked Nigerians to disregard reports of terrorists migrating to Abuja and other parts of the country.
Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesperson made this known in a statement made available to newsmen.
Recently, there was a message circulating on social media about Boko Haram insurgents moving to the nation’s capital as well as other southern states of the country. The reports further claimed that some luxury buses of major transport companies were hijacked by insurgents along Lokoja-Okene road.
However, DSS has debunked such rumours stating that they lacked factual substance and only a figment of the imagination of mischief-makers.
“DSS wishes to dismiss them as non-existent and therefore describe them as a figment of the imagination of their creators. The illusive stories are merely designed by some zealots to instigate ethnoreligious and political crises of violent and destructive dimensions across the country.
“It has, however, become obvious that the main aim of engaging in these undesirable actions is to also undermine national security for the achievement of some ulterior goals.
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“The Service frowned at the continuous exploitation of social, religious and tribal differences by purveyors of doom to ignite extreme violent actions among the populace.
“While security and law enforcement agencies are totally committed to sustaining maximum efforts in ensuring public safety in the Nation, citizens are enjoined to disregard these deceitful reports that do not emanate from the Service and go about their normal businesses.
“Considering that security is a collective responsibility of all and sundry, everyone is advised to be more committed in this regard and report suspicious persons to relevant security agencies nearest to them,”