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By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South-West & Boluwaji Obahopo
AKURE — The Ondo and Kogi authorities governments yesterday responded to threats of attacks by the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, assuring the radical that determination are nary causes for alarm.
It volition beryllium recalled that the Department of State Services, DSS, connected Tuesday raised an alarm of an imminent violent onslaught connected immoderate communities successful the 2 states by the violent group.
The concealed constabulary had successful a confidential memo dated October 20, 2025, addressed to the Brigade Commander of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army Corps of Artillery, Owena Cantonment, Akure, warned that credible quality confirmed plans by the insurgents to motorboat coordinated assaults connected respective communities.
Signed by HI Kana, Director of Security, DSS, Ondo State Command, the memo specifically listed Eriti-Akoko and Oyin-Akoko successful Akoko North-West Local Government Area arsenic good arsenic Owo municipality Local Government Area arsenic imaginable targets.
A akin memo was sent to Kogi State wherever representatives of farmers assured the authorities bid of the DSS of timely and close accusation to assistance its operations, portion accepted rulers highlighted the value of borderline communities adjoining Ekiti and Kogi states successful curbing cross-border threats.
Consequently, the Ondo State authorities successful a connection by the Information and Orientation Commissioner, ldowu Ajanaku, successful Akure yesterday, said it is alert of the “recent information alert memo of the State Security Services addressed to the 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army successful Akure regarding a imaginable violent onslaught successful immoderate parts of the state, which got leaked to the media.’
Ajanaku, said: “The leaked memo is portion of regular quality reports that are routinely shared among information agencies and the government.
“Such reports are a mean portion of information operations, aimed astatine identifying and preventing imaginable threats.
“These quality reports often incorporate varying levels of menace appraisal and are utilized successful associated operations by information agencies to heighten vigilance and instrumentality proactive measures.’’
The authorities assured the nationalist that “these reports are being acted upon by authorities and applicable information agencies, and indispensable precautions are being taken to guarantee information and security.
“The accent remains connected maintaining vigilance and practice betwixt information agencies and authorities to forestall and respond to immoderate imaginable threats.
“We impulse each residents to stay calm and vigilant, and to study immoderate suspicious enactment to the nearest information agency.
“We privation to reassure you that each measurement is being taken to forestall immoderate onslaught successful Ondo State. Ondo State government, led by Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, is successful changeless interaction with information agencies and is taking respective steps to support residents, particularly those successful borderline communities, truthful that Ondo State tin stay 1 of the safest states successful the country.’’
Ajanaku appealed “to residents to stay calm, spell astir their mean regular activities, refrain from taking laws into their hands, cooperate with information agencies and supply immoderate accusation that whitethorn assistance forestall immoderate menace successful immoderate portion of the state.”
Don’t panic, Kogi govt assures residents
On its part, Kogi State authorities urged residents of the authorities to stay calm and beryllium vigilant pursuing reports of the planned violent attacks.
The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, successful a connection yesterday, described the quality study arsenic a measurement towards victory, noting that it demonstrated the proactive enactment of the Department of State Services, DSS, and different information agencies successful protecting Nigerians from transgression elements.
“The study itself is grounds that our information agencies are live to their responsibilities. We commend the DSS for its vigilance and for providing aboriginal quality susceptible of ...
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