DSS Raises Alarm Over Plot To Bomb Critical Govt Infrastructure

• The DSS said this new plan was unconnected to its earlier alert that some persons and groups were planning to cause violence in the country

• It recalls an earlier warning that some groups and individuals were plotting to stoke violence in the country

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm that some criminal elements are planning to bomb critical government infrastructure, markets, religious and relaxation centres, among others.

The secret police said the criminal minds had joined forces to carry out the type of bombings that was witnessed in many parts of the country before 2015.

The alert was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the DSS Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, titled, “Public alert on renewed bomb explosions”.

He said the new plan was unconnected to its earlier alert that some persons and groups were planning to cause violence in the country.

The statement read, “The Department of State Services hereby draws public attention to plans by criminal elements to return the country to the pre-2015 era reminiscent of IED attacks on soft and hard targets in parts of the country.

“Though there are already reported cases of such incidents in some areas, the Service has uncovered a ploy by suspected criminal gangs to forge an alliance among themselves with a view to launching further attacks on critical infrastructure and other frequented public places like worship and relaxation centres, especially during and after the holidays and festive celebrations. The objective is to achieve some self-serving interests as well as cause fear among the citizenry.

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“The Service, however, recalls its earlier warning that some groups and individuals were plotting to stoke violence in the country.”

Afunanya enjoined owners of religious centres, market and relaxation centres to take adequate measures to avert the attacks.

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