Rabiu Omaku
The Department of State Services, DSS, has arrested five suspected arms couriers, including a 23-year-old woman, and recovered more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition in separate operations in Nasarawa State.
The woman, identified as Aisha Mohammed, who lives in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, was arrested in Keffi with 202 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and three empty magazines.
Three other suspects arrested between August and September 2026 were identified as Hassan Sani, 40; Abdulkadir Idrissa, 41; and Salihu Garba, 70, popularly known as Nabayi.
According to reports, security operatives recovered 678 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 99 rounds of 7.5mm ammunition, and other items from the three men.
In his response the Nasarawa state Governor Engineer Abdullahi Sule commended the sustained efforts of the Department of State Security Service, DSS to clamp down on gun runners and arms traffickers in the state.
Governor Sule’s commendation is coming on the heels of the recent arrest of a 23 year-old female arms courier, Aisha Mohammed, a resident of Bwari, FCT who was apprehended in Keffi.
The suspect, currently in custody was arrested while in possession of Two hundred and two (202) 7.62mm calibre ammunition with 3 empty magazines.
This was contained in a press statement made available to Journalist by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,Ibrahim Addra recently.
Other suspected couriers arrested between August and September, 2026 include Hassan Sani, 40, Abdulkadir Idrissa, 41 and 70 year old Salihu Garba, alias Nabayi.
Six hundred and Seventy-eight (678) rounds of 7.62mm and Ninety-Nine (99) 7.5mm ammunitions along with other items were recovered from the suspects.
In another operation in the month of August, 2026, an arms courier named Ismail Lawalli, a native of Zamfara state was nabbed along the Keffi-Abuja highway with One thousand, two hundred and Sixty-two (1262) assorted ammunitions.
Governor Sule praised the dedication of the DSS officers as well as other security agencies in the state for living up to their responsibilities.
He lauded the collaboration and partnership of security agencies in the state with his administration, promising to continue extending every necessary support to aid their work.
The Governor assured citizens in the state of his administration’s resolve to tackle criminals and criminality while soliciting the support of everyone
