FG says Boko Haram affiliate planning 'deadly attacks' on banks, prisons

The federal government has alerted Nigerians of plan by a

This was contained in a statement by the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed on Friday, February 10, 2017.

"Intelligence monitoring has shown that the cell is making frantic efforts to advance its IED-making capability through the acquisition of such chemicals as (for producing improvised detonators), (alternative to ammonium nitrate used for producing IEDs) and (a fuel source for amplifying explosions)," the statement read.

''One , an IED apprentice, left the cell some time back to join Islamic State in Libya. The new desire to acquire IED precursor chemicals could suggest that Usman or other persons may have returned from Libya and have acquired IED-making skills intended to increase the activities of the group.

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The minister said intelligence also revealed that the group is making serious efforts to acquire sophisticated arms, including shoulder-fired rocket launchers.

''Further intelligence monitoring has revealed that members of the Muslim Brotherhood are planning to forcefully free their members who are in detention in Kogi, Abuja and Kaduna, including one Bilyaminu, an IED expert for the group who is now at Kuje prison," he said.

The minister appealed to Nigerians to be vigilant and to report any suspicious persons or movements to the appropriate authorities.