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.

ALLEGED $9.6B P&ID SCAM: EFCC TENDERS MORE EVIDENCE AGAINST KORE HOLDINGS.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE


 Alleged $9.6b P&ID Scam : EFCC Tenders more Evidence against Kore Holdings


 


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC  on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 tendered additional evidence against Kore Holdings Limited before Justice J. O. Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court Abuja.


The Commission is prosecuting the company alongside Muhammed Kuchazi (now deceased) in connection with the Process & Industrial Development, P&ID fraud portfolio on amended four-count charges that border on non-compliance with Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment requirements, money laundering and other illegal acts.


At Wednesday’s proceedings, Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, Umar Umar, while being led in his testimony by prosecution counsel, Bala Sangha, advanced eleven documents which were tendered in evidence in court. They include, a letter of request to Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, letter of request to Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML, extra-judicial statements of Kuchazi which he voluntarily made to the EFCC, statements of other directors of the company: Mustapha Kuchazi, Bello Kuchazi, Belkisu Kuchazi, Aisha Kuchazi and statement of PW1, Temitope Erinomo.


 


The witness, while disclosing that Kore Holdings Limited was not a liquidated entity but was active and did businesses in Nigeria, submitted that “The status of Kore Holdings Limited through our investigation and interaction with Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC and First Bank of Nigeria Limited revealed that there was no evidence to show that it was liquidated or closed up because the documents showed that the company is active. 


“Kore Holding Limited and Muhammed Kuchazi continually facilitated meetings between Rilwanu Lukman, the then Minister of Petroleum and the Process and Industrial Developments, P&ID for a fee of three per cent of the net profit of P&ID project which led Kuchazi to testify against the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the High Court of England and Wales in the matter of Nigeria Vs P&ID in the first quarter of 2023 in which judgment was delivered in favour of Nigeria,” he said.


Justice Abdulmalik adjourned the matter till September 24, 2025 for continuation of trial.

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