Few days after the ill-fated bomb blast incident in Nyanya, residents of the Federal Capital territory, have opted to keep clear of areas that can easily be attacked by terrorists.
A visit to major parks and recreational centres in the Federal Capital Territory, which are normally filled to capacity during festive periods, like Easter and Christmas celebrations, remained empty, as residents fear that they could be ambushed by terrorists.
One of the many recreational centres like the children’s playground near the National Mosque Abuja and a cinema centre, witnessed very low patronage as parents were cautious in bringing their wards to recline there.
Meanwhile, security agents took over such places in the town and mounted surveillance throughout the day in a proactive bid to ward off any attack.
Sources revealed that the Department of State Services, DSS, operatives and their counterparts from the Police Bomb Disposal Unit were at hand in most of the parks in the city for most of the day and supported by some officials of the Anti-Terrorism Unit of the police, who also extended their operations to major hotels and public institutions around the FCT.
However, many of the DSS operatives, bomb disposal experts and ATS officials took positions at the entrance of the Millennium Park, which is at the precincts of the Presidential Villa and extends towards Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Maitama District of the city.
In the same vein, Residents traveling out of Abuja for the Easter celebrations loathed going into motor parks to board vehicle to their various destination as they stood by the roadsides with their luggage yesterday, waving down commercial vehicles.
At Gwagwalada, Nyanya, Zuba and other satellite towns that served as exit and entry points into the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, it showed that a good number of travelers standing by the roadsides beckoning on moving vehicles to stop even as the city centre was deserted due to the Easter holidays.