Arise News anchor: How our operatives helped in arresting robbery gang – NFSS

The Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS) says its operatives provided captious enactment to the Nigeria Police Force to apprehend the equipped robbery suspects successful Abuja.

The suspects were linked to the sidesplitting of an Arise News unit member, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, and a information guard, Barnabas Danlami, during a robbery onslaught successful Abuja.

The Assistant Commander General, North Central Zonal Command of NFSS, Abdulhakeem Ibrahim, told newsmen connected Saturday, that his team, successful collaboration with the police, apprehended 5 suspects terrorising Zuba and its environs.

Ibrahim said the cognition followed 2 consecutive attacks by the pack connected a fashionable edifice successful Zuba successful the Federal Capital Territory.

He said the suspects struck doubly earlier the NFSS operatives, acting connected constabulary directives, mounted a checkpoint adjacent the edifice to intercept them.

According to him, erstwhile the pack returned, they ran into the checkpoint and fled aft a little chase, abandoning their driver, who was aboriginal apprehended and handed implicit to the police.

The NFSS commandant said further probe led to the apprehension of much suspects and the betterment of 1 AK-47 rifle, 1 pump-action weapon and a Beretta pistol from their hideout.

He praised the synergy betwixt his squad and the police, describing it arsenic captious to sustaining assemblage information and grassroots intelligence.

“Police cannot bash without us, and we cannot bash without the police. That is however we work,” helium said.

Ibrahim appealed to the authorities to enactment the information outfit by giving it ineligible designation to beryllium capable to bash more.

He commended the Nigerian Army, constabulary and different agencies for their practice successful associated information operations crossed the North Central region.

“Our operatives are risking their lives to assistance ceremonial information agencies. We are asking for enactment to proceed doing our job,” helium said.

Ibrahim thanked the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, for recognising the important relation of NFSS successful tackling insecurity successful the country.

He besides commended the Commander General of NFSS, Dr Joshua Osatimehin and Deputy Commander-General (Intelligence), Dr John Metchie, for their enactment and leadership.

He pledged the readiness of the Nigeria Forest Security Service to proceed to enactment the nation’s information agencies successful tackling the information challenges bedevilling the country.

(NAN)

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