Reporting by Daily Post indicates a Nigerian Army communication dated 9 September 2026 warned that groups including ISWAP may be preparing attacks on churches, schools, NYSC camps and other soft targets. The note, addressed to 2 Division in Ibadan and reported via SaharaReporters’ copy of the document, spoke of mobilisation in parts of the North-East, North-West, North-Central and some South-West areas.
The army said suspected fighters had been monitored moving from Katsina through Kaduna toward Plateau and that reconnaissance of targets may already have begun. It flagged school resumption for 2026/2027 as a period of particular risk.
Independent confirmation of the raw circular beyond Daily Post and SaharaReporters was limited; no separate Defence Headquarters press conference quoting the same text was located at filing time. The warning should be treated as an intelligence advisory, not as confirmation that an attack is under way.
Echotitbits take: Soft-target warnings around school resumption are serious even when they remain unexecuted. What to watch is whether state commands publish public safety guidance and whether NYSC and school security postures actually change.
Source: Daily Post – https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/15/army-warns-of-possible-attacks-on-churches-schools/, September 15, 2026
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