{"id":92478,"date":"2022-03-04T18:01:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T17:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92478"},"modified":"2022-03-04T18:01:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T17:01:26","slug":"iswap-training-suicide-bombers-to-attack-security-agencies-communities-dss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/iswap-training-suicide-bombers-to-attack-security-agencies-communities-dss\/","title":{"rendered":"ISWAP Training Suicide Bombers To Attack Security Agencies, Communities \u2013 DSS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1726388048721913331\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Department of State Services, DSS, has raised an alarm on the plots by a faction of Boko-Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), to attack security agents using suicide bombers.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThis was disclosed by the Chairman of Zonal Quarterly Conference of State Directors of Security (SDES) Northeastern States, Babagana Bulama, on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Bulama who is also the Director of DSS in Adamawa state said the suicide bombers are being trained to target security agents and vulnerable communities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said; \u201cThe most prominent of these security challenges in the zone are terrorism and insurgency, occasioned by the activities of Boko Haram terrorists and its splinter Islamic State West Africa Province ISWAP which have over the time left an indelible mark in the zone, interms of security and development.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAlthough, attacks by the Insurgents in parts of the zone recently have reduced, owing to counter terrorism operations by security forces, available intelligence has indicated that ISWAP are training suicide bombers with a view to carrying out deadly attacks on security agencies and vulnerable communities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cMost worrisome is recent intelligence on the convergence of elements of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) in the Lake Chad area, within the Nigerian territory. 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