The Department of State Services has arrested one Jones Abari, aka
Gen. Akotebe Darikoro, for the alleged mastermind of a hoaxed plan to
overthrow President Muhammad Buhari by the military.
A statement issued by an official of the service, Mr Tony Opuiyo, in
Abuja on Saturday said Abari was arrested in Yenagoa on July 21.
Opuiyo described the suspect as the leader of the Joint Revolutionary Council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force.
He said that Abari had confessed to other criminal activities which
included a threat to launch missile attacks on selected targets in Abuja
and Aso Rock.
Others include writing threat messages to the management of the
Nigeria Agip Oil Company and the Shell Petroleum Development Company
demanding for N500m and N250m respectively.
He said that the suspect also masterminded the vandalism of NAOC
trunk line in Ogboinbiri, Southern Ijaw and bombing of SPDC oil
pipeline.
In another development, the DSS said it had arrested a suspected
terrorist, Bulama Ramat, at the Jabi Motor Park, FCT, on July 21.
He said that prior to his arrest, Ramat was planning to attack the
Federal Capital Territory and its environs in collaboration with other
elements of an extremist cell of the Boko Haram group.
Opuiyo said that the service also made other arrests within the month
of July in Enugu, Ondo, Jos, Kaduna, Yenagoa, Port Harcourt and Kano
states.
The service urged all citizens and residents to remain vigilant and
report all suspicious persons, parcels or vehicles to the nearest
security formation.
“Members of the public are further called upon to see our societal
and individual safety as our collective responsibility,” he said.
He advised the public to support security and law enforcement
agencies with critical information that would assist in providing a safe
environment for all to carry out their legitimate businesses.
Source: Punch Newspapers
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