Posted on: 11:53 Sat, 24 Oct 2015



The Department of State Services has
arrested 45 suspected Boko Haram
members in connection with a foiled
attack on Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi in Eti-
Osa Local Government Area of Lagos
in September.

The DSS also charged the suspects to
a Lagos State Magistrate’s Court
sitting in Isolo on Friday and the
court ordered the remand of the 45
suspects in Kirikiri prisons in the
state.

The DSS, which obtained the remand
order on the suspects, told the court
that they were arrested in
connection with a foiled attack on
Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi in Eti-Osa Local
Government Area of Lagos in
September.

The DSS said the suspects were
arrested following intelligence report
on their alleged plan to attack the
estate, which is in a high brow area
in the state.

The security operatives told the court
that the suspects had volunteered
confessional statements, adding that
arms were recovered from them.
The DSS urged the court to remand
the suspects in prison pending
further investigations.

The magistrate, who asked that his
name should not be disclosed for
security reasons, granted the prayers
that the suspects be remanded in
prison.

According to the charge filed before
the court, the names of the suspects
include Abuyi Sheriff, Babagana Ali,
Abass Ibrahim, Abubaka Grema,
Kabiri Ibrahim, Mustaph
Mohammed, Usman Mohammed,
Modu Amsami, Isa Agafi, Adamu
Jebili and Saja Kamba.

Also among them were: Abba
Sagoma, Mallam Buchu, Abdul-
Kareem Abba, Babagana Koloye,
Usman Buka, Adamu Mohammed,
Lawal Mohammed, Tela Abana,
Mustapha Mohammed, Isa Agafi,
Belo Modu, Kachala Babagana, Modu
Abu and Alhaji Modu Mustapha.

An affidavit presented in court
disclosed how a team of the DSS
cordoned off the area, intercepted
the suspects and carried out the
arrests.

However, the DSS could not be
reached as it had yet to announce a
new spokesperson.

Recently, the DSS disclosed that it
had arrested some suspected
terrorists in various places in and
around Lagos including Kara, Isheri
Berger area; Gowon Estate, Egbeda,
Alimosho area; Ijora Badia, Apapa
area; and Ebute-Meta in Lagos
Mainland Local Government Area.

Earlier in the year, two suspected
members of Boko Haram were also
arrested in the metropolis.

The suspects were apprehended
during an operation carried out by
men and officers of the Operation
Mesa, a joint security outfit
comprising members of the armed
forces and those of the DSS
The raid had taken place at the Ijora
7-Up area of Lagos, after a tip-off on
the activities of a terror network
coordinated by Iranians in the city.

The suspects, a Chadian, identified as
Aminu, and a Northerner, whose
identity could not be ascertained,
were arrested after soldiers
ransacked a building in the area.

Aminu was said to have concealed
some devices suspected to be
explosives in boxes, which were
stacked in the ceiling of the house.

Also recovered alongside the
suspected explosives were two AK47
rifles.

The National Security Adviser had
also recently issued a security alert
on the likelihood of Boko Haram
attacking Lagos seaports following
concerns expressed by the United
States Embassy on the level of
insecurity at the country’s seaports.
The Assistant Comptroller General of
Customs in charge of Enforcement
and Intelligence, Mr. Dan Ugo, had
on behalf of the Comptroller General,
Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), signed the
alert.

Following the security alert, it was
learned that the Nigeria Customs
Service had begun the restriction of
persons into its various commands
and formations in Lagos.

The development had also brought
about an increase in the level of
security checks at all access points
into the ports.

The leadership of the Port Facility
Security Officer Forum had also
warned its members to increase
surveillance on their facilities and
reduce the number of people into
their premises.

Thousands of lives had been lost to
series of attacks by the dreaded
terrorist group, especially in the
North Eastern part of the country.

The group, which had pledged
allegiance to ISIS also claimed
several lives in multiple explosions
on Friday.

Source: PunchNg