After the United States was informed of impending terrorist strikes, the Department of State Services (DSS) rejected a cooperative operation using the American military.
According to DSS spokesman Peter Afunanya, the security service did not engage in any physical fight with foreign troops.
“We did not carry out any joint operation with American Soldiers as widely reported in the media.
“Though we carried out an operation in an Abuja Estate with sister agencies, no foreign troops were involved,” he clarified.
The raid at Trademore Estate led to the arrest of suspected Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) members.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Embassy announced that the Department of State had authorized the evacuation of its staff in Abuja and their families.
It also advised its citizens in Nigeria not to travel to the nation’s capital for now, while those already in the territory should leave or keep a low profile.
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