Security forces on Friday neutralized at least three notorious bandits who were neutralized on Friday night in Dogon Dawa, Mairiga Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State, following a well-coordinated ambush.
During the attack, several other bandits ran into the bushes with gunshot wounds, while DSS operatives recovered three AK-47 rifles and three motorcycles from the fleeing bandits.
Security sources said Friday's ambush was the result of weeks of intelligence gathering and the interception and analysis of communications between the bandits by security agents.
According to sources, the operation was one of several daring operations carried out by the DSS in the North West and North East, which led to the neutralization or capture of several bandits who were terrorizing innocents in the areas.
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“The successes recorded by the DSS and the help they have given us are too enormous, especially since President Tinubu appointed a very capable man to lead the DSS,” said a military officer who preferred to remain anonymous.
“I assume that most of the successes recorded by the DSS do not appear in the media because I assume that the new Director General of the DSS is keeping his promise to return to the cover-up that was the hallmark of the DSS in its early years,” said the military officer, adding: “but I can tell you that the DSS has really helped us a lot in the military.”
As part of his security reforms, the president promised to support the DSS in using artificial intelligence to combat insecurity in Nigeria.
The President made the pledge during the investiture ceremony of the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), which has 17 graduates, in Abuja.