Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing Oluwatosin Ajayi as Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), stating that the move has strengthened the agency’s ability to tackle Nigeria’s security challenges.**
The praise comes after the Kaduna State DSS Command conducted 34 successful operations, arresting 54 suspects—including serving security personnel—and seizing a significant quantity of arms and ammunition.
Governor Sani, speaking through the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Sule Shuaibu (SAN), lauded the DSS for its accomplishments, highlighting the recovery of numerous rifles, pump-action guns, and thousands of rounds of ammunition in the first quarter of 2025.
The Commissioner of Justice, addressing journalists after visiting the DSS Command Headquarters in Kaduna, also commended the Service under Mr. Ajayi’s leadership for its synergy and collaboration with other security agencies.
He disclosed that those arrested during the period included eight suspected bandits, 22 suspected informants, four gunrunners, two human traffickers, four cyber fraudsters, two vandals, and 12 family members of suspected bandits.
“The arms and ammunitions recovered include: five AK-47 rifles, one GPMG, three RPG guns and 5,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibres, while 79 kidnap victims (now in the custody of the state government) were rescued by the DSS operatives.”
Our correspondent gathered that, of the arrested suspects, included a security operative serving in Zamfara State, who disclosed that he often steals the ammunition meant to fight bandits in Zamfara and environs and sells the same to the bandits.
At the time of his arrest, the serving security personnel had on him 217 rounds of assorted ammunition he planned to sell for N4 million.
One of the suspected gunrunners, according to a security source, revealed that he was arrested with 500 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition he planned to sell for ₦1.5 million to one Suleiman in the troubled Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna
e arms and ammunitions recovered include: five AK-47 rifles, one GPMG, three RPG guns and 5,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibres, while 79 kidnap victims (now in the custody of the state government) were rescued by the DSS operatives.”
Our correspondent gathered that, of the arrested suspects, included a security operative serving in Zamfara State, who disclosed that he often steals the ammunition meant to fight bandits in Zamfara and environs and sells the same to the bandits.
At the time of his arrest, the serving security personnel had on him 217 rounds of assorted ammunition he planned to sell for N4 million.
One of the suspected gunrunners, according to a security source, revealed that he was arrested with 500 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition he planned to sell for ₦1.5 million to one Suleiman in the troubled Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State.
Another confessed that he was on his way to Katsina State to deliver 1,087 rounds of ammunition when DSS operatives nabbed him. His associate, who was arrested in Futua, Katsina State, said he was to deliver 701 rounds of ammunition to Zamfara State.
Similarly, in Delta State, DSS operatives have recovered over 50 AK-47 rifles, six pump-action shotguns, and more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition during a covert operation in Asaba, the state capital.
The agency arrested a native serving in the British Army (name withheld) who allegedly procured the weapons.
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