UK alerts citizens in Abuja after foiled jailbreak
(Nigeria) The United Kingdoms’ 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.’’
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