See Those Behind Plot To Overthrow Buhari

President Buhari and DSS officials.

THE Department of State Services ( DSS) has
arrested one Jones Abari, aka Gen. Akotebe
Darikoro, for the alleged mastermind of a hoaxed
plan to overthrow President Muhammad Buhari
by the military. A statement issued by an official
of the service, Mr Tony Opuiyo in Abuja on
Saturday said Abari was arrested in Yenagoa on
July 21.
Opuiyo described the suspect as the leader of the
Joint Revolutionary Council of the Joint Niger
Delta Liberation Force ( JNDLF). He said that
Abari had confessed to other criminal activities
which included a threat to launch missile attacks
on selected targets in Abuja and Aso Rock.
Others include writing threat messages to the
management of the Nigeria Agip Oil Company
(NAOC) and the Shell Petroleum Development
Company (SPDC) demanding for N500 million
and N250 million respectively. He said that the
suspect also masterminded the vandalism of
NAOC trunk line in Ogboinbiri, Southern Ijaw and
bombing of SPDC oil pipeline.
In another development, the DSS said it had
arrested a suspected terrorist, Bulama Ramat, at
the Jabi Motor Park, FCT on July 21. He said that
prior to his arrest, Ramat was planning to attack
the Federal Capital Territory and its environs in
collaboration with other elements of an extremist
cell of the Boko Haram group.
Opuiyo said that the service also made other
arrests within the month of July in Enugu, Ondo,
Jos, Kaduna, Yenagoa, Port Harcourt and Kano
states. The service urged all citizens and
residents to remain vigilant and report all
suspicious persons, parcels or vehicles to the
nearest security formation. "Members of the
public are further called upon to see our societal
and individual safety as our collective
responsibility," he said.
He advised the public to support security and law
enforcement agencies with critical information
that would assist in providing a safe environment
for all to carry out their legitimate businesses Department of State Services ( DSS) has
arrested one Jones Abari, aka Gen. Akotebe
Darikoro, for the alleged mastermind of a hoaxed
plan to overthrow President Muhammad Buhari
by the military. A statement issued by an official
of the service, Mr Tony Opuiyo in Abuja on
Saturday said Abari was arrested in Yenagoa on
July 21.
Opuiyo described the suspect as the leader of the
Joint Revolutionary Council of the Joint Niger
Delta Liberation Force ( JNDLF). He said that
Abari had confessed to other criminal activities
which included a threat to launch missile attacks
on selected targets in Abuja and Aso Rock.
Others include writing threat messages to the
management of the Nigeria Agip Oil Company
(NAOC) and the Shell Petroleum Development
Company (SPDC) demanding for N500 million
and N250 million respectively. He said that the
suspect also masterminded the vandalism of
NAOC trunk line in Ogboinbiri, Southern Ijaw and
bombing of SPDC oil pipeline.
In another development, the DSS said it had
arrested a suspected terrorist, Bulama Ramat, at
the Jabi Motor Park, FCT on July 21. He said that
prior to his arrest, Ramat was planning to attack
the Federal Capital Territory and its environs in
collaboration with other elements of an extremist
cell of the Boko Haram group.
Opuiyo said that the service also made other
arrests within the month of July in Enugu, Ondo,
Jos, Kaduna, Yenagoa, Port Harcourt and Kano
states. The service urged all citizens and
residents to remain vigilant and report all
suspicious persons, parcels or vehicles to the
nearest security formation. "Members of the
public are further called upon to see our societal
and individual safety as our collective
responsibility," he said.
He advised the public to support security and law
enforcement agencies with critical information
that would assist in providing a safe environment for all to carry out their legitimate businesses.
Credit: Vanguard.