DSS releases detailed list of arrested top kidnappers and criminals in NigeriaThe Department of State Services (DSS), has given out the names of notorious and wanted criminals arrested in different parts of Nigeria in joint operations with related security bodies to eradicate terrorism in the country.
- The Department of State Services (DSS), has released the names of top kidnappers and criminals in various part of Nigeria
- The DSS said it has killed Umar Abubakar aka Yellow, a kidnapper and associate of notorious kidnapper and cattle rustler, known as General in Zamfara state
- The agency said that it took on a joint operation with other security bodies before it succeeded in arresting the wanted criminals
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, February 26, released names of notorious and wanted criminals arrested in different parts of the country in joint operations with related security agencies to get rid of armed terrorists.
Those who came top on the list of criminals taken in by the DSS are Barnabas Torva Amadi also known as Ataminin, who reportedly participated in the kidnap and murder of Hosea Ibi, a member of the Taraba state of middle belt region House of Assembly.
Other arrested suspects are Aondi Tersoo, Nengenen Mbaawuaga Damian, Aondoase Kayitor and Ternenge Tersoo. Vanguard reported that the joint operation also led to the arrest of 23-year-old Isaiah Suwe, an ally of wanted kidnapper, Terwase Awkaza aka Gana, who is in hiding.
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The service stated it was in its bid to rid the area of kidnappers, armed robbers and cattle thieves that they arrested Suwe in Takum community in Taraba state of middle belt region, who led them to Gbise village, Katsina Ala in Benuestate of middle belt region on February 25, where they arrested other criminals.
Items recovered include nine SIM cards, different telephone brands and accessories as well as a First Bank ATM card, a flash drive, one voter card and one ID card belonging to one Moses Yaro, a member of vigilante group of Nigeria in Taraba.
The DSS also arrested members of the notorious Gemere kidnap gang which operates along the Lokoja-Okene highway. They are Usman Umaru aka Dan Gurgu, Abubakar Umaru, Garba Umar aka Smally, Abubakar Garba; and Umar Bello. The gang, it was gathered were responsible for the kidnap of some Canadians and Americans along the Abuja - Kaduna road.
The service had in January intercepted the leader of the gang, Abubakar Muhammed (aka Gemere) along the Lokoja - Okene highway where he was killed in a gun battle with security officials.
In the southern region of the country, the DSS said it arrested another notorious kidnapper, Anthony Kio Elegwe, a 37-year-old engineer who hails from Oyigba community, Ahoada-west, Rivers state at Ekeki, Yenagoa, Bayelsa state of south east region on Thursday, February 22.
It said that critical observations on the suspect revealed that he has masterminded many kidnap activities, especially those of Grace Omietimi, mother of James Omietimi, head of clinical services, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa and Marie Ebikake, former commissioner for transport in the Governor Seriake Dickson administration.
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Also arrested on Saturday, February 17, at Irrua, Edo state of mid west region, by the operatives were members of a deadly gang which dominated the Kogi-Edo corridors, which recently abducted Senator Sylvester Ayodele Arise along the Ibillo-Magongo highway and Kelechi Odo and Azuibuike Odo along the Okene-Lokoja highway.
The arrested criminals are Umar Abubakar (aka Small), Abubakar Ahmadu (aka Sarkin Yaki), Aliyu Abubakar (aka Koroko), Aliyu Mohamed (aka Chogo) and Abubakar Umaru (aka Bokolori). The DSS revealed that it had also shot and killed some fleeing criminals during a gun duel around Rugan Fulani, Gidan Gwari, outskirts of Ajaokuta and Ganaja Junction, Lokoja, Kogi state of west central region respectively.
The agency said suspects were responsible for the kidnap of a Canadian national, Benjamin Wheeler in September 2017, as well as the kidnap and killing of a Chinese man, Liaolun Song and his police orderly, Mathew Yahaya along Ajaokuta road.
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The agency also claimed that is also shot and killed Umar Abubakar aka Yellow, a kidnapper and associate of notorious kidnapper/cattle rustler, 'General', in Adavi, Kogi state of west central region. The agency reported: ?The duo of Abubakar and General are responsible for many killings and rustling of cattle in the Zamfara axis.
They had planned several kidnap attacks in Edo state of mid west region during the 2017 end of year celebrations, but the vigilance and persistence of security operatives deterred the execution of the planned actions.?
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com reported that the DSS had announced the arrest of Barnabas Torva Amadu, who is believed to be a member of a gang that kidnapped and killed Hosea Ibi, a lawmaker at the Taraba state of middle belt region House of Assembly recently.
NAIJ.com gathered that the DSS said Amadu was arrested at Takum in Taraba state of middle belt region, after a joint team of service operatives and the military arrested a 23-year-old Isaiah Suwe.
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DSS releases detailed list of arrested top kidnappers and criminals in Nigeria
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