The Department of State Services (DSS) said it carried out a joint operation with sister security agencies in Kogi State on 26th March, 2023. During the operation, they intercepted a six man criminal gang at Gegu Beki, along the Lokoja-Abuja Road.
The gang includes Col AU Suleiman (rtd), Barr. MK Aminu, Kabir Abdullahi, Isah Umar, Kadir Echi and Adama Abdulkarim. Items recovered from them were One (1) Pump action rifle; Four (4) catridges;
One (1) AK47 empty shell and the sum of eleven thousand, thirty naira (11,030).
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On the 25th of March, 2023, Service operatives apprehended a 20-year- old suspected notorious kidnapper, Haruna Adamu at Fotta village in Gombi LGA, Adamawa State. At the point of arrest, one (1) AK-47 rifle, one (1) magazine and four (4) rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition were recovered from him
On the 23rd of March, 2023, one Aminu Ibrahim, a suspected gunrunner was arrested along Kubwa Expressway, Abuja by the Service operatives while on his way from Nasarawa State to deliver four hundred and thirty-two (432) rounds of 7.62 x39mm caliber ammunition concealed in a four (4) litre gallon of palm oil to a bandit in Niger State. The sum of
twenty-one thousand, four hundred Naira (N21,400) was also recovered from the suspect.
Earlier on the 22nd of March, 2023, Babangida Ibrahim, an arms courier to bandits in Zamfara State was apprehended along Bukuru in Jos South LGA, Plateau State.The team recovered from him four hundred and sixty-eight (468) rounds of 7.62 x 39mm ammunition and the sum of twenty one thousand, ninety naira (21, 090).
All the suspects have been taken into custody and will be prosecuted accordingly. Meanwhile, the Service and relevant security agencies are carrying out further investigations into related matters in parts of the country.
The security outfit says it will continue to collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to curb crime in the country.Members of the public are therefore enjoined to avail the agencies with relevant information for counter actions against criminal and subversive elements.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
