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The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday said it had smashed several kidnap gangs and terrorist elements in recent operations across the country.
A statement from an official of DSS, Tony Opuiyo, said on August 22, one Samuel Asuquo, a kidnap kingpin, was arrested at Nasarawa Bakoko village in Cross River State.

He said Asuquo was the mastermind of the kidnap of three Australian staff of Lafarge Cement Company, for which his gang received a ransom of N150million.
He added that on August 30, Bamaiyi Mustapha, Aminu Isa and Hassan Shehu, of a kidnap gang operating around the Abuja-Kaduna axis, were arrested in Lafia, Nasarawa State.

Opuiyo said the gang had earlier kidnapped five Igbo women and collected N13million as ransom, noting that they were arrested while planning a high profile kidnap in Abuja.

Opuiyo said the service also carried out another operation at Tamburawa village along Kano-Zaria Expressway, Kano State, where Alhassan Musa and Ado Yusuf, of a kidnap/armed robbery syndicate operating from Falgore forest in Doguwa LGA, Kano State, were apprehended.

He also said in response to the regrouping of Boko Haram elements in Kano State, the service in concert with the military, apprehended two high profile of the sect: Ibrahim Ustaz Abubakar and Idris Audu.
He said Audu is an IED specialist, who “had already perfected plans to seek recruitment into the Nigerian Army before his arrest.”

He also said on August 26, two kidnappers, armed robbers and assassins – Moses Achia and Fanen Igbetar were arrested at Kperlegba Village in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State.

He said one AK-47 rifle, five fully loaded AK-47 magazines, 150 rounds of live ammunition and one pistol loaded with 15 rounds of live ammunition were recovered from them.
He said on September 3, a kidnap gang terrorizing states in the South-east was busted by the service at Aba in Abia State.

The gang masterminded kidnapping incidents, including the abduction of Uche Ikonne, an American citizen.

He also said the service had arrested one Abbas Mohammed at Asokoro, Abuja, after sending several threat messages to the Ukranian Ambassador to Nigeria.

Opuiyo further said one Izuagie Mohammed was arrested in Benin City, Edo State on 24th August, 2016, for impersonating the ant General of the Federation.
He said Mohammed had already defrauded of the public posing as the Nigerian AGF on Facebook and promising them Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) empowerment loans.

He said on August 28,Taiye Alade and Ajoke Kolawole were also arrested at Fabian Hotel, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
The duo allegedly cloned the GSM number of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, and were using it to defraud his associates.

Opuiyo said one Mike Ewugbara, an alleged child trafficker, was arrested at Okigwe, Imo State on August 26, adding that three kidnapped children were rescued from his hideout, including one Miracle who was abducted in Benue State.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/dss-smashes-kidnap-gangs-nabs-boko-haram-ied-specialist/161410.html

Good

Good job DSS.

Well don DSS

Una weldone

Chai... This is too much for NCA to bare and assimilate, infact this is an interNational matter

Monday good news


Update on operation crocodile smiles please?


How many dead?

Nobody die?

AND NO PICTURES....??.....


Smh for People above me....

DSS is working!!

ok

How many Goddamn IED specialists have they caught now?!! This is the eighth at least.
They've caught their tech experts, chefs, logistics experts, low ranking and high ranking kingpins, small time financers, allies etc yet haven't seen Shekau or had an idea the major politicians financing them. Na wa for the DSS.

I just pray dis is true, lies everywhere sha. God will deliver us

Lies lies lies everyday

maryjan8:
Well don DSS

I.e goodnews for some pipu n bad news for others.......lol

This is the only DSS picture have always seen on nairaland. Na only this guy dey work for DSS.

DSS arrest Jonathan same picture
DSS arrest Yaradua. same picture
DSS arrest Fayose. same picture
DSS ransack our family house. same picture

Northerners and Afonjas always topping the list of crimes and anything and everything evil. NCA P.R.O reporting life from PH CITY

Ypu scam so te you get low battey... SMH4U

working for your country is worth it!!working for your Federal Government is th worse sin ever.

orshfod:
This is the only DSS picture have always seen on nairaland. Na only this guy dey work for DSS.

DSS arrest Jonathan same picture
DSS arrest Yaradua. same picture
DSS arrest Fayose. same picture
DSS ransack our family house. same picture

no mind them!they form secret service but them no get gadgets. just that the PRESS they respect themselves. search Google, nah only these pic you go see ,no uniform for their squad şef.

I comment my reserve.

catch shekereau. Stop giving us lies

A good one, but working on unemployment and improving on the economy will help to drastically reduce crime.

and pipo still dey complain

Publish the records of how many of the BH arrested have been tried and convicted, how many are waiting trial?
Cameroon and Chad had being telling the world on their dealing with the arrested terrorists.
Nigeria, how far?

We also learn through some testimony of some soldiers that many BH have infiltrated the the Army through NDA where they can easily get at the top military positions.

Now that one had just been arrested when about to conclude recruitment have seems to confirm what we have been told in the past.

God help Nigerian leaders to overcome tribal and regional sentiment, and compromise on issues that border on our national security.

Please, always encourage them!

They are not perfect, but they have truly tried to make the society a better place for us all to live in!

Huuuuuuum Bad Day For NCAN PIPO OOO...this is what i called national disaster...all things being equal...crime knows no boundary and region..weldone sha dss

When last did you hear a bomb go off?

When last did you hear a town was taken over by insurgents?

You've got to give it to our security agencies. They've kept us safer than we've ever been since 2009.