The
Department of State Service (DSS), has alerted members of the public over plans
by extremist groups to attack public and worship centres across the country
during the Sallah celebration.
In
a statement signed on Friday by Mr. Tony Opuiyo, it also disclosed that they
have arrested some suspected IPOB leaders and members of the various insurgent
groups, including an ally of Government Ekpemudo, a.k.a Tompolo, as well as
kidnap kingpins.
“Also,
this Service wishes to alert the general public to be wary of suspicious
packages and persons, as celebration of the Eid-el-Fitr approaches.
“The
Service is availed of intelligence which indicates threat by extremist elements
to attack selected locations across the Federation, particularly parks and
congregations of worshippers, in order to further their cause,” Opuiyo stated.
He
noted that some “States of the of the Federation have witnessed a spate of
kidnapping incidents perpetrated by criminal elements in a bid to further their
selfish pecuniary and/or criminal interests”.
“In
furtherance of security measures initiated to checkmate this trend, series of
special tactical operations were carried out by this Service, where successful
arrests of masterminds of these criminal gangs were made by the Service, while
their hide-outs were decimated.”
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