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.
