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.
Vanguard
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