Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has praised President Bola Tinubu for appointing Oluwatosin Ajayi as Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), citing the agency’s recent achievements in combating insecurity across the country.
Speaking through the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Sule Shuaibu (SAN), Governor Sani commended the DSS after it carried out 34 successful operations in Kaduna State, resulting in the arrest of 54 suspects and the recovery of a large cache of arms and ammunition.
During a visit to the DSS Command Headquarters in Kaduna on Sunday, the commissioner highlighted that among those arrested were eight suspected bandits, 22 informants, four gunrunners, two human traffickers, four cyber fraudsters, two vandals, and 12 family members of suspected bandits.
The operations also led to the recovery of five AK-47 rifles, one General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), three Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) launchers, and over 5,000 rounds of various calibres of ammunition. Additionally, the DSS successfully rescued 79 kidnap victims, now under the care of the Kaduna State Government.
Among the arrested suspects was a serving security operative from Zamfara State, caught with 217 rounds of assorted ammunition intended for sale to bandits. Other gunrunners were intercepted with large quantities of ammunition en route to crisis-prone areas in Kaduna, Katsina, and Zamfara States.
In a related operation in Delta State, DSS operatives also recovered over 50 AK-47 rifles, six pump-action shotguns, and more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition during a covert operation in Asaba.
Governor Sani lauded the DSS for its effective synergy with other security agencies and called for continued support to consolidate these gains in the ongoing fight against insecurity.
