By Emmanuel Obisue
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has urged Nigerians not to depend on foreigners for their internal safety, insisting that the country’s security agencies have been carrying out intelligence-driven operations prior to the recent security alert issued by the US in Nigeria
Director of Defence Information, Major-General Jimmy Akpor, noted this in Abuja on Thursday while taking questions from newsmen during the DHQ’s routine press briefing.
Akpor regretted that media reportage of the said security advisory gave much credit to the US, than it did to Nigeria’s Department of State Security, DSS, which was already on top the matter.
“Even before the alert, so much has been happening to keep the country safe, and we will not relent,” he said.
Similarly, Major-General Musa Danmadami, Director, Defence Media Operations, noted that “this is not the first time such alert is given. On daily basis, people are being picked up. Security and intelligence agencies are on top of their game”.
It would be recalled that the US in a widely circulated security advisory to its citizens in Nigeria, warned that they should avoid “non-essential” movements to Abuja the nation’s capital over terror scare.
The embassy in a statement on October 23, listed as possible places of terror attack to include, government buildings, places of worship, schools, markets, shopping malls, hotels, restaurants and more.
