The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested 5 suspected arms couriers and recovered a complete of 2,241 rounds of ammunition in operations throughout Nasarawa State between August and October, 2026.
Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule, who disclosed this in Lafia on Thursday via his Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Addra, counseled the DSS and different safety businesses for sustaining the clampdown on gun runners within the state.
The most up-to-date arrest is that of 23-year-old Aisha Mohammed, a resident of Bwari within the FCT, who was apprehended in Keffi with 202 rounds of seven.62mm ammunition and three empty magazines.
The Governor stated three different suspected couriers — 40-year-old Hassan Sani, 41-year-old Abdulkadir Idrissa, and 70-year-old Salihu Garba, alias Nabayi — have been additionally arrested between August and September. A complete of 777 rounds of ammunition, comprising 678 rounds of seven.62mm and 99 rounds of seven.5mm, have been recovered from them together with different gadgets.
In a separate operation in August, operatives intercepted one other courier, Ismail Lawalli, a local of Zamfara State, alongside the Keffi-Abuja freeway with 1,262 rounds of varied ammunition, the biggest single restoration within the interval.
Governor Sule praised the dedication of the officers and lauded the collaboration between safety businesses and his administration, assuring residents of his authorities’s resolve to deal with criminality.
He promised to proceed extending each obligatory assist to safety businesses whereas soliciting the assist of all residents.
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