Department of State Services, on Friday, said it didn’t conduct joint military operation with any foreign country’s military following the terror attack advisory raised by the United States and the United Kingdom embassies in Nigeria.
DSS spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, made the clarification during an interaction with senior journalists in Abuja on Friday.
DSS admitted that although there was an operation at the Trademore Estate in Abuja by the agency and sister Nigerian security forces, Afunanya clarified that no American or British military official was involved in the operation.
The DSS spokesman also debunked claims that some guns and bomb-making materials were recovered from the said estate and two brothers arrested during the said operation.
According to him, “It is true that an operation was carried out by DSS operatives and the Nigerian military but no foreign military personnel was involved.
“It is not true that any bomb was recovered or anyone arrested during the operation in the said estate.”
Recall that the American and UK governments had issued terror alerts warning their citizens to keep off the FCT due to a possible attack by terrorists.
On Thursday, the UK Government followed up with an update warning its citizens to avoid the FCT and many other states in the country except on essential business purposes.
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