Paraphrased Content:The State Security Service (SSS) has issued a dire warning of an impending assault on several communities in Ondo State by suspected operatives of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). A confidential memo dated 20 October 2025 and addressed to the Brigade Commander of the 32 Artillery Brigade in Akure revealed that credible intelligence points to ISWAP plans for coordinated attacks in both Ondo and Kogi State.
Key areas identified as targets include Eriti-Akoko and Oyin-Akoko in the Akoko North-West local government area, and Owo town. The SSS noted that reconnaissance of soft targets has already begun and urged the military and security agencies to immediately raise their alert levels to avert potential loss of lives and damage to property.
This development comes nearly three years after a tragic attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in June 2022, where over 40 worshippers were killed—underscoring the disturbing expansion of terrorist operations into southern Nigeria.
