The UK
Foreign Office has advised British citizens in Abuja to maintain “heightened
vigilance’’ following the foiled jailbreak at the Abuja headquarters of the
Department of State Services (DSS).
The
revised travel alert on Nigeria was posted on the Foreign Commonwealth Office
(FCO) website on Sunday.
It was
updated few hours after the DSS confirmed that it had foiled an attempted
jailbreak by insurgents detained at the Asokoro headquarters of the security
outfit.
The
travel alert advised British citizens to be especially vigilant “should they
need to go to Asokoro or The Three Arms Zone’’ in Abuja.
The
statement read in part: “On the morning of March 30, there was an incident
involving exchange of gunfire within a Nigerian government compound in the
Asokoro area in Abuja.
“The
incident was brought under control swiftly, and the Nigerian Government has now
confirmed that the incident is over and has declared the area safe.
“We
recommend that British citizens maintain heightened vigilance in Abuja,
particularly after dark, and given today’s incident, to be especially vigilant
should they need to go to Asokoro or The Three Arms Zone.’’(NAN)
Vanguard.
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