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Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has commended the sustained efforts of the Department of State Service (DSS) to clamp down on gun-runners and arms traffickers in the state.
Governor Sule’s commendation is coming on the heels of the recent arrest of a 23- year-old female arms courier, Aisha Mohammed, a resident of Bwari, FCT who was apprehended in Keffi.
A statement signed by the governor’s chief press secretary Ibrahim Addra, and made available to newsmen on Thursday, in Lafia.
He said the suspect, currently in custody, was arrested while in possession of (202 ) 7.62mm calibre ammunition with three empty magazines.
Other suspected couriers arrested between August and September, 2026 include Hassan Sani, 40, Abdulkadir Idrissa, 41 and 70- year- old Salihu Garba, alias Nabayi.
In another operation in the month of August, 2026, an arms courier named Ismail Lawalli, a native of Zamfara state was nabbed along the Keffi-Abuja highway with 1,262 assorted ammunition.
Governor Sule praised the dedication of the DSS officers as well as other security agencies for living up to their responsibilities.
He lauded the collaboration and partnership of security agencies in the state with his administration, promising to continue extending every necessary support to aid their work.
The governor assured citizens in the state of his administration’s resolve to tackle criminals and criminality while soliciting the support of everyone.
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