Nigeria: Terrorists planning to attack airport, prison in Abuja, Niger – Report — Africa Links 24

Jihadists are plotting attacks on Abuja airport and a prison on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, according to an internal memo prepared by the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, seen by AFP on Thursday.

The memo, dated April 13, calls for an “enhanced level of security within the Federal Capital Territory and its environs”, after the NCS received a “credible report” that Boko Haram and its rival Islamic State West Africa Province splinter group were planning a “series of…