BREAKING: DSS issues alert about Boko Haram’s plan to attack Abuja-Kaduna train service

The Department of State Services has written to the Federal Ministry of Transportation confirming that its intelligence revealed that the Boko Haram terrorists are planning to launch a fresh attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train service.

The Ministry of Transportation on Thursday, therefore wrote to the Federal Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Magashi (retd.), asking for security reinforcement to forestall the terrorists attack.
The letter dated February 3, 2023, and titled, “Re: Threat by Boko Haram terrorists to attack the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service” was signed by Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, the transportation Minister.
“We are in receipt of a letter reference, S.314/31/C/5390, dated February 1, 2023, from the Department of State Services in respect of the above subject matter. It is our considered opinion that the Honourable Minister of Defence, as a matter of urgency, graciously convenes a meeting of all relevant stakeholders for the purpose of reviewing the reported alert with a view to ensuring that everything necessary to forestall any such occurrence is adequately dealt with,” the transportation minister wrote.
The Islamic terrorists attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022, killing eight passengers and kidnapping 168 while several others were injured.
The abducted passengers were released in batches since then, with the last 23 freed in October, almost six months after the attack.