The Department of State Services (DSS) in Kwara State has arrested a medical doctor allegedly supplying drugs to kidnapping gangs operating in parts of the State.
The suspect, whose identity is yet to be confirmed, was apprehended in the Jebba area following intelligence reports that couriers were transporting medical supplies from Sokoto to treat gunshot injuries among bandits hiding in the state’s forests.
Chief Press Secretary to Kwara State Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, who confirmed the arrest, described it as a significant breakthrough in the fight against banditry.
“This is a major stride by the DSS. It shows that security agencies are closing in on these criminals and cutting off the support systems that sustain them,” he said.
Ajakaye added that the state government will continue to collaborate with security agencies to dismantle all networks aiding kidnapping operations.
Security sources said that many criminal groups have sustained injuries in recent clashes with security forces.
One of the security source said: “We are advising heightened security measures in health facilities located in forested areas, which may be targeted by kidnappers”.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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