The federal government has dispelled the fear generated by the recent United States’ (US) security alert about a possible terror alert in Abuja saying
The National Security Adviser , Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno , disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Monday after an emergency National Security Council meeting convened by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa Abuja.
Monguno, addressed journalists alongside the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, the Chief of Defence Staff , General Lucky Irabor, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency , Ahmed Rufai Abubakar. According to Monguno, the panic, which trailed the US terror alert, addressed to its citizens in Nigeria, was needless as the hype and the sense of insecurity it created were unfounded.
He urged Nigerians and other residents to go about their businesses without any sense of apprehension.He also said the armed forces, security and intelligence agencies are not relenting in their duty to ensure that all Nigerians and every part of the country are safe for all.
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