The Presidency on Sunday alerted that the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), an affiliate of ISIS, has been discovered to be responsible for the attacks taking place in Benue and other states in the country. According to the source, this discovery was was made following the arrest of several suspected attackers made up Fulani herdsmen, government-sponsored militias, militants and other miscreants in Benue Sate. Among those in custody were many who spoke none of the languages native to Nigeria but the French language. “There was intelligence that they had planned several attacks here, before and during Christmas and the New Year. But so much was achieved by the DSS which had made a significant number of arrests in the last two months that helped to preempt those attacks.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 21, 2018 21:11 UTC