Showing posts with label DSS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DSS. Show all posts
Friday, 28 November 2014
'We Never Arraigned Ogwuche On Terrorism' – Police Statement
The Police High Command yesterday in Abuja has said they never arraigned Nyanya suspected bomber, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche on terrorism. Ogwuche who was recently freed by a court of law, was extradited from Sudan to face terrorism charges as the alleged mastermind of the Nyanya bomb blast.
The Command said the case against him was bungled and regrets that the media misled the public for so long. See a press statement released by the command below:
A statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Emmanuel Ojukwu read:
Thursday, 11 September 2014
Missing Couple Found In Ogun DSS Detention
Abdul Ganiyu Jumah and his wife, Muinat, have been missing for 65 days, after they were reportedly kidnapped by suspected gunmen, Muinat, who was pregnant has reportedly released,to enable her deliver her baby in comfort awhile the husband is still in detention. Vanguard reports
SXTY-FIVE days after an Islamic cleric, Abdul Ganiyu Jumah and his wife, Muinat, were reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen at their residence, they were found at the detention facility of the Department of State Services, DSS in Ogun State.
The couple, who were residing at 27, Fagbemi Street, Ijoko, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state, were declared missing after unknown gunmen stormed their residence and reportedly whisked the man and his pregnant wife away at 3:am.
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Politicians Offered DSS N14m To Compromise Osun Guber Poll, Says Ogar
Ms Marilyn Ogar, the spokesperson of the Department of State Services (DSS), said on Tuesday that politicians in Osun offered operatives of the service N14 million bribe to compromise the governorship election in the state.
Ogar made the allegation at the National Information Centre in Abuja while responding to a question on why the APC was at war with the service.
Ogar, however, said that service rejected the bribe money which, she said, was offered to the DSS Director, who was in charge of the Aug. 9 election, and his men.
She also declined to name the politicians who offered the bribe.
Friday, 16 May 2014
Why We Arrested Nyanya Bomb Blast Suspect"s Father, Col. Ogwuche -- SSS
The father of the suspected mastermind of the Nyanya bomb blast of 14th April in Abuja was reportedly arrested by the Nigerian Department of State Security.
British-born Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche is said to have been the mastermind behind the attack and he has also been arrested.
The development was disclosed by the SSS Deputy Director of Public Relations, Marilyn Ogar yesterday in Abuja.
Nigerian Eye reports:
Ogar said the suspect’s father, Agene Ogwuche, a retired colonel in the Nigerian Army, was being detained for his failure to produce his son when requested to do so in accordance with the bail term granted to Sadiq in 2011 when he was arrested on suspicion of terrorism.
Friday, 11 April 2014
BBC PICKS UP THE NEWS OF @CIAXON'S DISAPPEARANCE
The disappearance of the man who tweeted live pics of soldiers during
the Boko Haram jail attempt on Sunday March 30th has gone international
news. Report from BBC below...
A man who live-tweeted from the scene of an attempted jailbreak in the Nigerian capital Abuja 12 days ago, has disappeared. Activists believe he may have been arrested, and have launched a Twitter campaign for his release.
The hashtag #FreeCiaxon and the Twitter handle @ciaxon have been trending in Nigeria since late on Wednesday. There's also a lot of discussion about it on Facebook.
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Sanusi Lamido Under Probe For Allegedly Financing Terrorism
The Federal Government, yesterday, said it was investigating suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on suspicions of being a major financier of terrorism in the country.
This was revealed by the Department of State Services, DSS, in a counter-affidavit to the suit filed by Sanusi before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in which he is seeking to restrain the Police and operatives of DSS from arresting, detaining or otherwise harassing him.
The DSS told the court that it impounded Sanusi’s international passport because of on-going investigations over alleged terrorism financing.
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