Joint security team nab criminals in Nasarawa, Kogi

Some criminals suspected to be gun runners and jail breakers have been arrested by the joint security team in Kogi and Nasarawa.

This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the Department of State Services(DSS), Peter Afunaya on Thursday.

Afunaya disclosed that a joint security team comprising the DSS, the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force carried out operations in Nasarawa and Kogi states, neutralizing and apprehending some criminals.

According to Afunanya, the team apprehended Abubakar Muhammad aka Abu Direba, a suspected gunrunner on 19th June, 2023 along the Abuja-Keffi Expressway in the Keffi Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State.

The statement added that in another joint operation in the early hours of Thursday, a team raided the hideout of Kabir Bala aka Okwo), a one-time jail breaker and notorious gang leader in Ejule, Ofu LGA of Kogi state.

Okwo and his gang members were said to have engaged the troops in a gun duel during which he was neutralised, with others fleeing the area.