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.
The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force arrested a notorious 'Awawaa Boys'' deadly leader Tobi Akinbayo aka Scorpion and and two others,Muyideen Olayinka and Ibrahim Olaniran at Aluminium village,Dopemu,Agege,Lagos State.Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force,SP Olayinka Egbeyemi while parading the three suspects today confirmed that activities of these notorious 'Awawaa Boys' has been giving the Agency and other State Security Services sleepless nights,adding that reported cases of rape,armed robbery and killing of innocent citizens by these notorious gang has become worrysome.SP Egbeyemi also disclosed that the Agency received many petitions about the nefarious activities of the gang resulting in close monitoring of the gang activities in different parts of the State by the surveillance unit of the Agency which led to their arrest at the Aluminium village,Dopemu,Agege.He confirmed that other terrorising groups leaders at large include aka Bouncing,leader of ''Nokia Group' and Habeeb aka Oluwa of 'Shita Boys'' wanted for killing,raping and robbing of innocent citizens of their valuables and properties,he therefore appealed to members of the public to be vigilant about their immediate environment and to always report activities of any terrorising group to the Task Force.Tobi Akinbayo who lives at 10,Salako street,Aluminium village,Dopemu confessed that he and his gang boys raped,burgled and killed innocent citizens who confronted them during any of the operation,''we also sell Indian helm to commercial bus drivers and area boys around Dopemu and it's environs he said.The arrested Tobi Akinbayo,a 28 year old native of Kuta-Ilegbo,Abeokuta,Ogun state said that his gang is under a single umbrella with branches in different parts of the state.More photos below. 
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