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.

ABIA COMMAND APPREHENDS 17 CULTIST ASSURES NO RESTING PLACE FOR CULTISM AND OTHER CRIMES. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 PRESS RELEASE


ABIA COMMAND APPREHENDS 17 CULTIST ASSURES NO RESTING PLACE FOR CULTISM AND OTHER CRIMES


*SUSPECTS*

1.Seventeen (17) male suspects, aged between 18 and 28 years.


*Exhibits Recovered:*

1.Five (5) short guns

2.Three (3) live ammunition

3.Thirteen (13) mobile phones of different makes

4.Two (2) cutlasses

5.One (1) axe

6.One (1) black beret


*Facts of the Case:*

1. Following the recent upsurge in cult-related activities in the State, including the attack on 13/05/2026 at No. 29 Brass Road, Aba, where a young man was shot and macheted to death by a group of suspected cultists; and the attack on 24/05/2026 at Ehere, near Opobo Junction, where another young man was shot by suspected cultists


2. The Abia State Police Command, leveraging on actionable intelligence, took the fight to the criminals. Operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) successfully apprehended seventeen (17) suspected cultists linked to the aforementioned incidents in Aba, Abia State.


3. The suspects were arrested at their various meeting points and while en route to perpetrate further crimes and the above-listed exhibits were recovered from them. Investigation has been concluded and the suspects are being charged to court.


4. The Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, CP Danladi Isa, reiterates the Command’s unwavering commitment to its constitutional duties of protecting lives and property, as well as preventing and detecting crime in the state. He assures Abians that there will be no hiding place for cultism and other criminal activities in the State.


5. While the Command continues its awareness campaign through the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) unit in schools and communities, members of the public are advised to partner with the Police by reporting any suspicious persons or activities to the nearest police station or via the Command’s emergency hotlines:👇

08035415405, 08079210004, 08079210005, 08079210006

*Together, We keep Abia safe.*


Signed:

DSP Maureen Chioma Chinaka

LLB, anipr, MNISMA

Police Public Relations Officer

Abia State Police Command

2nd June 2026

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