By Jake Clifford The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) has issued a new warning. The advisory did not indicat...
By Jake Clifford
The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS)
has issued a new warning. The advisory did not indicate the specific time for
the planned abduction but advised the government on the need to protect
humanitarian workers in the country. The United Nations Department of Safety
and Security (UNDSS) has issued a new warning.
The UNDSS said Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African
Province (ISWAP) terrorists are planning to abduct humanitarian workers in
Borno. UNDSS in an advisory released on Tuesday said there are reasons to
believe that the insurgents have concluded plans to kidnap humanitarian workers
in Banki, Bama Local Government Area of the state. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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The advisory did not indicate the specific time for the
planned abduction but advised the government on the need to protect
humanitarian workers in the country.
Banki was one of the communities sacked by Boko Haram
insurgents in 2014. Most residents of the town had fled to take refuge in camps
designated for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, the state
capital.
“As a mitigation measure, the UNDSS FSA has alerted all
Heads of Agencies (HoAs) and Security Focal Persons (SFP) on the impending
threat,”the UN advisory read. “It also advised them to ensure that staff
vulnerability should be avoided and to also reduce the level of exposure of any
kind.” This comes two days after the United States warned its citizens about
the possibility of terror attacks in Nigeria.
The US on Sunday warned that there was an elevated risk of
terror attacks in Nigeria, especially in Abuja, the nation’s capital. It noted
that as a result of that, the US Embassies in the country will offer reduced
services in the country until further notice. The security advisory issued by
the US Mission said, “There is an elevated risk of terror attacks in Nigeria,
specifically in Abuja.
Targets may include but are not limited to, government
buildings, places of worship, schools, markets, shopping malls, hotels, bars,
restaurants, athletic gatherings, transport terminals, law enforcement
facilities, and international organizations. The US Embassy will offer reduced
services until further notice.” It advised American citizens to avoid all
non-essential travel and movement, among others.
The United Kingdom also warned its citizens in Nigeria to
stay alert due to an”increased threat of terrorist attack in Abuja.” “Attacks
could be indiscriminate and could affect western interests, as well as places
visited by tourists,”it said. Since the death of JAS leader, Abubakar Shekau,
ISWAP has been consolidating its grip in locations around Lake Chad.
The sect’s membership has swollen with the defection of
hundreds of Boko Haram fighters under Shekau. Terrorists have caused the death
of thousands of people and the displacement of millions of others mainly in
Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states.
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