Thursday, October 23, 2025 - Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested three suspected gunrunners for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in Kaduna State.
The agency said the arrests were made during coordinated
sting operations in Igabi and Kachia Local Government Areas of the state.
One of the suspects, a 30-year-old man, was intercepted
along the Nnamdi Azikiwe Bypass in Igabi while transporting two AK-47 rifles,
one PKT machine gun, over 200 rounds of live ammunition and four empty
magazines concealed in sacks of maize.
Two others were apprehended at Doka village in Kachia along
the Abuja–Kaduna Expressway while trafficking three AK-47 rifles to bandits in
a Volkswagen Golf car.
Reacting to the development, Governor Uba Sani commended the
DSS for the successful operation, vowing that there would be no hiding place
for bandits and other criminal elements under his administration’s peace model.
Through his Commissioner for Internal Security and Home
Affairs, Sule Shuaibu (SAN), the governor also expressed appreciation to
President Bola Tinubu and the Director-General of the DSS for their continued
support of Kaduna’s security framework.
He noted that the non-kinetic peace model introduced by his
administration has significantly reduced crime rates across the state and
warned criminal elements to desist from acts capable of undermining the state’s
stability.
Meanwhile, the DSS said investigations into the matter are
ongoing and assured that the suspects would face the full weight of the law.
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