Roadside bombs, jihadists’ asymmetric game-changer in the northeast of the country, now threaten Nigerian roads and rails across the northern states, security officials acknowledged on April 26.
“The Department of State Services (DSS) hereby draws public attention to plans by criminal elements to return the country to the pre-2015 era reminiscent of IED attacks on soft and hard targets in parts of the country,” according to a press release from the agency, which functions similarly to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The statement alludes to the frequent use of suicide bombers and vehicular borne explosive devices by the terrorist group Boko Haram from 2011 to 2015.
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