DSS FOILS TERRORISTS PLOT; SEIZES 21 AK-47 RIFLES, 4 PKT MACHINE GUNS IN SOKOTO.(PHOTO).
DSS FOILS TERRORISTS PLOT; SEIZES 21 AK-47 RIFLES, 4 PKT MACHINE GUNS IN SOKOTO The Department of State Services, DSS, says it has intercepted a major weapon shipment from Niger Republic in Sokoto State, recovering 21 AK-47 rifles, four PKT machine guns and 825 magazines. In a statement, The operation in Dawakawa, Goronyo Local Government Area, followed sustained intelligence surveillance targeting suspected arms traffickers. The Service also reports increased use of female couriers to transport weapons, with fourteen women arrested between February 2025 and November 2026 across several states. The latest arrest in Zamfara involves a suspected female courier, found with twelve grenades and two ammunition belts. The DSS says it will sustain intelligence-led operations to dismantle illegal arm networks and prosecute those involved.
Raymond Dokpesi has finally left Kuje prison three days after he was granted bail by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.Dokpesi who is standing trial on six count charge of fraud and violations of Public Procurement Act was however handed very strigent bail condition.The Judge granted Dokpesi bail in the sum of N200 million and two sureties in like sum.The Judge also stipulated that one of the sureties must be a civil servant of the status of serving or retires director in the federal or state civil service.etc.
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