{"id":92835,"date":"2025-01-29T19:31:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T19:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=92835"},"modified":"2025-01-29T19:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T19:31:39","slug":"dss-troops-joint-ops-leads-to-seizure-of-arms-ammunition-in-zamfara-gov-lawal-elated-assures-of-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=92835","title":{"rendered":"DSS, troops joint Ops leads to seizure of arms, ammunition in Zamfara; Gov. Lawal elated, assures of support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">A joint operation by the Department of State Security (DSS) operatives and troops of Operation Fansan Yamma, on Monday and Tuesday, has led to the seizure of arms and ammunitions for bandits in Zamfara State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The seized items were believed to be meant for notorious banditry kingpins <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Kachallah Atta, Alhaji Shinge, Alhaji Nashama and a certain Zaki. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The arms included seven AK-47 rifles, two PKT GPMG and two AK-103 rifles. Also recovered were 169 rounds of 7.62x39mm calibre of ammunition, 9 PKT rounds of ammunition, with one chain; and 13 empty magazines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Operatives, it was gathered, successfully trailed a notorious arms courier, Abubakar Umar aka Dangada, from Niger Republic up to the Kaura Namoda-Zurmi Road. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Umar was billed to convey the munitions from Niger Republic to Birnin Magaji LGA for onward delivery to bandits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">According security sources, the arms courier abandoned an Abuja- registered Volkswagen Golf station wagon car (RBC 731 GU), after a gun battle that left them bloodied and fleeing the scene.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92838\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250129-WA0004-300x117.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250129-WA0004-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250129-WA0004-768x300.jpg 768w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250129-WA0004-696x271.jpg 696w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250129-WA0004.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Delighted with the operation, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Dauda Lawal, on Tuesday night commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for sharing intelligence with the Armed Forces which led to the successful operation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">His commendation came after he inspected the seized cache of arms and ammunitions in Gusau, the State Capital. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Lawal, who praised the Federal government for its efforts and support to security agencies, assured that his government would continue to support\u00a0 troops and other security operatives in the state to tackle the menace of terrorists and criminals. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">He applauded DSS officers and expressed confidence in the ability of the security service to guarantee the internal security of Nigeria.\u00a0<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_250129_200337_035.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A joint operation by the Department of State Security (DSS) operatives and troops of Operation Fansan Yamma, on Monday and Tuesday, has led to the seizure of arms and ammunitions for bandits in Zamfara State. The seized items were believed to be meant for notorious banditry kingpins Kachallah Atta, Alhaji Shinge, Alhaji Nashama and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":92836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5807,7],"tags":[2608,169,497],"class_list":["post-92835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crime-and-violence","category-news","tag-arms","tag-dss","tag-zamfara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}