DSS FOILS TERRORISTS PLOT; SEIZES 21 AK-47 RIFLES, 4 PKT MACHINE GUNS IN SOKOTO.(PHOTO).

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 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.

REPORT OF A FATAL CRASH AT THE OTA OLD TOLL GATE ALONG THE ABEOKUTA - LAGOS EXPRESSWAY ON SATURDAY 23 MAY 2020.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.


     The FRSC Rescue Team in Ota rescued a victim of a road traffic crash to the  State Hospital, Ota, Ogun State, in which two people unfortunately lost their lives .
The crash occured by the Old Toll Gate at Ota along the Abeokuta - Lagos Expressway on Saturday 23 May, 2020 at about 1237 HRS.

A total of  03 people comprising two Male Adults and 01 Female Adult were involved in the crash .

Unfortunately the 02 Male Adults died while the 01 Female Adult was rescued for medical treatment at the State Hospital Ota

The crash involved 03 vehicles . The first is a white coloured MACK Tanker with no registeration number .
The second vehicle is a red coloured MACK TRUCK with registration number AAA448XJ
The third vehicle is a HOWO Truck belonging to Dangote Cement Company with registration number
GN7248-16
The suspected cause of the fatal crash is  Mechaniical deficiency caused by brake failure by the MACK TRUCK with registration number AAA448XJ,  conveying a container, that failed break as it drove towards Lagos but loss control and overran the road divider to crash into the other two trucks travelling in opposite direction  .

The FRSC Rescue Team rescued the injured victim to State Hospital, Ota  while the corpses of the dead victims were deposited at the  Ifo General Hospital Mortuary, Ogun State and the  obstructions cleared for free flow of traffic.

The FRSC Sector Commander Ogun State Command Clement Oladele described the crash as avoidable had the MACK  Truck (AAA448XJ) been made  mechanically fit before driving it on  the road 

He also said the area the crash occured is a black spot and required utmost care while driving within  the precincts of the Old Toll Gate, notorious for frequent road traffic crashes.

The Sector Commander commisorated with the families of the victims of the crash and enjoined them to contact the FRSC Command in Ota for details of the crash and reclaim the propetries of the victims recovered from the scene of the crash.
Signed

Superintendent Route Commander Florence Okpe
Public Education Officer FRSC Ogun State Command
For : Sector Commander 
FRSC Ogun State Command.
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