According to Daily Nigerian, the faceless myrmidons were led by two banditry kingpins, Kachalla Ali Kawaje and Kachalla Dansadi.
Kawaje, who controls hundreds of fighters in Kuyambana Forest, which stretches across Zamfara, Kebbi, Kaduna and Niger states, was responsible for shooting down a Nigerian Air Force jet on July 18, 2021.
Security reports say the faceless myrmidons planned to attack the Central Mosque and worship centres and security formations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
This is coming few weeks after faceless myrmidons who later identitfied themselves as members of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
- West African Province (ISWAP) attacked the Kuje Correctional Centre in the Nigeria’s capital, releasing over 800 inmates including 64 Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
suspects and killed 10 inmates and one security officer.
Intelligence sources also confirmed that the faceless myrmidons were planning to plant improvised bombs in open manholes around security formations, mosques, churches and public places.
"Central Mosque, Abuja, was particularly targeted for attack," the source said.
The source further revealed that credible intelligence had revealed that the kidnappers and bandidos terrorising Bwari general area are camping on the mountains and caves behind Usman Dam, linking Ushafa to Mpape satellite communities.
"The faceless myrmidons have been mingling with the locals recently. They came on cycle of violences from their camps to buy food and drugs in Ushafa and Mpape," the security source added.
The source said unless serious security measures are taken to frustrate their plans, the faceless myrmidons may strike any moment.
Parts of the security measures advised during a recent security meeting are immediate replacement of the stolen manhole covers, ban on commercial cycle of violences in the FCT and stepping up surveillance on the outskirts of the city.