Fresh reports reading the desk of Africa Today News, New York has revealed that the Department of State Services (DSS) has made some confirmations to the report of the arrest of a suspected terrorist in an Abuja estate.
Peter Afunanya, who is the DSS spokesperson, had affirmed this in an interview with Newsmen on Friday.
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Afunanya had also revealed that the operation was, however, not done in collaboration with soldiers from the United States (US).
“No joint operation between DSS and any other country’s military took place in Abuja,” Afunanya said.
Adewale Adenaike, chairman of phase 3, Trademore Estate, Lugbe, had reportedly announced that some DSS officers and American soldiers arrested a suspected terrorist in his community.
The estate chairman had revealed that the security operatives closed the estate gates on Monday to stop vehicular movement in the area.
Speaking on the development, Afunanya said the DSS operatives carried out the arrest with other Nigerian security agencies.
The US and the United Kingdom (UK) recently issued travel advisories warning their citizens living in Nigeria about the possibility of terror attacks in the FCT. On Sunday, the US embassy said there is an elevated risk of terror attacks in the FCT and warned against unnecessary travel.
In another report, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the legal representative of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has appealed to the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow family members to provide funds to be used for the medical treatment of his client.
Ejiofor, the lawyer of the pro-Biafran group made the call on Monday, after returning from a court-ordered routine visit to the DSS headquarters in Abuja, where Kanu is being held under solitary confinement for over 14 months.
According to the IPOB lawyer, Kanu’s health condition of recent has been worsening in recent times.