UK Gives Update On Terrorists Plan To Terror Attack In Abuja

The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom has said that it no longer advises against visiting Nigeria’s federal capital territory (FCT).

Remember that the UK issued a warning on October 23 about an increased threat of terrorist attacks in the FCT, encouraging its nationals to remain vigilant and avoid visiting public places in the FCT.

The UK also restricted entry to the British High Commission in Abuja and afterwards advised British citizens to avoid unnecessary trips to Abuja.

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However, in an amended travel advise released on its website on Monday, the UK stated that British nationals could travel to Abuja, although the risks of doing so remained.

The update reads: “The FCDO no longer advises against all but essential travel to the Federal Capital Territory, including the city of Abuja, but risks remain, and further details about the continued threat from terrorism in this region has been added.

“Terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in Nigeria. Most attacks are conducted by Boko Haram or Islamic State West Africa (ISWA) and occur in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States in the North East. There have also been significant attacks in other states, including in Gombe, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Bauchi and Taraba States.

“The risk of terrorism across Nigeria includes the capital city Abuja, and the surrounding Federal Capital Territory area. This risk has increased in 2022. Between May and July 2022 Islamic State West Africa (ISWA) have conducted a number of attacks in Kogi, Niger, and in the Federal Capital Territory.

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“Further attacks are likely and could occur at any time. Attacks could be indiscriminate and could affect western interests as well as places visited by tourists. The risks from terrorism activity are present in the city of Abuja, and across the Federal Capital Territory, but the risk increases the further you travel from the city centre.

“Public places where crowds gather have been targeted in the past, including places of worship, markets, shopping malls, hotels, bars, restaurants, football viewing centres, displacement camps, transport terminals (including train networks), government buildings, security and educational institutions (schools, further education colleges and universities are all regular targets), and international organisations.

“Attacks have taken place around religious and public holidays in public or crowded places, including places of worship as well as during election periods.”

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