There is palpable tension in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), over alleged plans by the Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists groups to attack some schools and abduct students.
The terrorists, it was gathered, also plan to attack military estates, to retaliate the killings of their members in the North East by military officers. It was further gathered that the terrorists alleged that most officers, who took part in the counter war in the North East, dealt a heavy blow on their colleagues.
A security source, who did not want to be mentioned in print, told Daily Sun that the schools targeted are located in the satellite town in the FCT, but refused to mention the names of the schools, so as not to create fears in the minds of parents whose children are in the schools.
A resident in the area where one of the schools targeted for attack is located, told Daily Sun that the people have been living in fear after some of them received text messages, last week, about the attack on the schools and their estate. Since the circulation of the said text message, the residents said security has been beefed up in their estate with thorough searches conducted on vehicles, tricycles and visitors to the estate.
A source told Daily Sun that residents of the estates have concluded plans to hold a meeting with the relevant authorities today, on the way forward. It was gathered that, to avoid any attack, security has been beefed up in the locations, where the schools are located and other parts of the FCT, with huge deployment of soldiers, police, DSS and other security operatives to forestall any attack.
