DSS ALERTS BOMBING AT WORSHIPS CENTERS DURING EID-EL-FITR
It said
that it was in possession of intelligence reports which indicated threat by
extremist elements to attack selected locations in the country, particularly
parks and congregations of worshippers.
The
Department of State Services has alerted the public to be weary of suspicious
packages and persons, as celebration of the Eid-el-Fitr approaches.
This
information was contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson for the
DSS, Mr. Tony Opuiyo.
Nevertheless,
he said that the DSS “will continue to
deploy every window within its constituted mandate to ensure the security and
safety of all law-abiding residents and citizens wherever they reside.”
Opuiyo
added, “We therefore call on the general
public to be security conscious and to report any suspicious persons/groups or
activities to relevant security agencies.”
The
Federal Government had declared Tuesday and Wednesday as public holidays to
mark the Sallah celebration.
Meanwhile,
Opuiyo stated that the DSS had arrested some suspected masterminds of
kidnapping and other crimes in the country.
He said
on June 7, Kabiru Shuaibu, who he described as the ring-leader of a kidnap
gang, comprising others like Haruna Saleh, Tukur Shuaibu and Abdulmumuni
Adamuna, were arrested by the Service along Murtala Muhammad Bridge, along
Lokoja-Abuja Highway in Lokoja, Kogi State.
Opuiyo
alleged that the suspects were part of a criminal gang which had been
terrorising innocent citizens in the Northern region of the country.
Opuiyo
said that during their arrest, a locally-made pistol, seven cartridges, 14
mobile phones and N615,000 were recovered from them.
The
following day, one Reuben Akinbehinje, who he said was the leader of a
notorious kidnap syndicate, was arrested by the Service in Akure, Ondo State,
along with five accomplices.
He
named the alleged members of the gang as John Imoleayo, Seun Lajuwon, Seun
Akintayo, Lateef Fayemi and Saheed Oyewo.
Opuiyo
said the gang was the brain behind the kidnap of two Catholic nuns in the state
and other criminalities such as armed robbery, hijack and diversion of fuel
tankers activities in Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Lagos and Kwara states.
Similarly,
on June 12, he said that the DSS arrested one Ifeanyi Onyike, a suspected
kidnap kingpin at D-line, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Onyike
was allegedly involved in the kidnap of Ebere Chinsa, wife to Igo Chinda, the
Personal Assistant to the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi.
On June
25, in one of the North-Western States, Opuiyo stated that one Sani Abdullahi
and his three accomplices, namely Rufai Abdullahi, Najeeb Abubakar and
Abdullahi Ahmed, were also apprehended.
He
alleged that the group had concluded arrangements to embark on serial kidnap of
high-value targets in Katsina State, before their arrest.
This
gang, he said, had hitherto been terrorising the North-Western states of Kano,
Katsina, Kebbi and Zamfara.
In a
bid to stem the activities of vandals in the Niger Delta, he said the DSS
effected the arrest of Selky Torughedi on June 17, in Calabar, Cross River
State.
He said
that the suspect was an ex-militant and suspected member of the Niger Delta
Avengers.
Opuiyo
described the suspect as “a close associate of Government Ekpemupolo (aka
Tompolo).”
DSS ALERTS BOMBING AT WORSHIPS CENTERS DURING EID-EL-FITR
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