21 killed as military battles Boko Haram at SSS HQ •Villa not under attack –Presidency •Military helicopters in air surveillance •Security beefed up at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Force HQ, Defence ministry
THERE was confusion in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in the early hours of Sunday, as heavy gunfire rented the air inside the headquarters of the Directorate of the State Security Service (DSS), opposite the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, following an attempted jail break by the detained members of the defiant Islamist extremists, known as Boko Haram.