{"id":29633,"date":"2020-09-07T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T13:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=29633"},"modified":"2020-09-07T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T13:53:12","slug":"nigeria-army-reacts-to-boko-harams-planned-attacks-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-army-reacts-to-boko-harams-planned-attacks-in-abuja","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Army reacts to Boko Haram\u2019s planned attacks in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Army has moved to reassure residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, that they are on red alert to combat crime.<\/p>\n<p>This follows a \u2018purported memorandum\u2019 from the Nigeria Customs, warning its staff about a possible attack in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>The Customs\u2019 internal memo was signed by the Comptroller of Enforcement at the NCS headquarters, H. A. Sabo.<\/p>\n<p>Sabo claimed Boko Haram has selected targets within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).<\/p>\n<p>However, a statement from the Nigeria Army signed by Coordinator Defence Media Operations, John Enenche, on Sunday, said: \u201cthe Armed Forces of Nigeria working together with other security and response agencies particularly the core intelligence agencies hereby assure the general public that preventive and preemptive intelligence are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe general public is thus advised to go about their lawful businesses undeterred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also promised that \u201coffensives against the common enemies of this Nation will not cease until normalcy is restored in all parts of the country. Hence, the general public is equally enjoined to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-center code-block-16\">\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Nigeria Army has moved to reassure residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, that they are on red alert to combat crime. This follows a \u2018purported memorandum\u2019 from the Nigeria Customs, warning its staff about a possible attack in the nation\u2019s capital. The Customs\u2019 internal memo was signed by the Comptroller [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":5121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[45,622],"class_list":["post-29633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-boko-haram","tag-fct"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria Army reacts to Boko Haram\u2019s planned attacks in Abuja - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:The Nigeria Army has moved to reassure residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, that they are\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-army-reacts-to-boko-harams-planned-attacks-in-abuja\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria Army reacts to Boko Haram\u2019s planned attacks in Abuja\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:The Nigeria Army has moved to reassure residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, that they are\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-army-reacts-to-boko-harams-planned-attacks-in-abuja\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-07T13:53:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/Chief-of-Army-Staff-Buratai.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-army-reacts-to-boko-harams-planned-attacks-in-abuja#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-army-reacts-to-boko-harams-planned-attacks-in-abuja\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria Army reacts to Boko Haram\u2019s planned attacks in Abuja\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-07T13:53:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-army-reacts-to-boko-harams-planned-attacks-in-abuja\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-army-reacts-to-boko-harams-planned-attacks-in-abuja#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/Chief-of-Army-Staff-Buratai.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Boko Haram\",\"FCT\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-army-reacts-to-boko-harams-planned-attacks-in-abuja#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-army-reacts-to-boko-harams-planned-attacks-in-abuja\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-army-reacts-to-boko-harams-planned-attacks-in-abuja\",\"name\":\"Nigeria Army reacts to Boko Haram\u2019s planned attacks in Abuja - 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