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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, in an internal memo obtained by SaharaReporters on Thursday, therefore wrote to the Federal Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Magashi, asking for security reinforcement to forestall the terrorists attack.
The letter dated, February 3, 2023, and titled, āRe: Threat by Boko Haram terrorists to attack the Abuja-Kaduna Train Serviceā was signed by Muāazu Jaji Sambo, the transportation Minister.
āWe 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,ā the transportation minister wrote.
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