The Department of State Services (DSS) official, Mr. Stephen Okolo, revealed that the deployment of technology facilitated the arrest of three security personnel currently facing charges of kidnapping and terrorism in Oyo State.
Okolo said this in his testimony before Justice N.E. Maha of the Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Monday.
He was giving evidence as first prosecution witness (PW1) in the trial against the three officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) and one other.
The three NSCDC’s officers are, Olamide Okesola, Adedeji Adewale and Asmau Omar while the fourth defendant, Emmanuel Olatunji, is an unlicensed arms dealer.
“My lord, following the increase in the cases of kidnapping and banditry in Okeogun area of Oyo State and parts of Kwara, the DSS fashioned out how to address the issue by deploying our technical expertise, that is equipment.
“With sustained surveillance, we were able to detect, trace, and arrest the criminals involved.
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“My lord, two kingpins; one Baguda and the other Banshile, who were the most dangerous terrorists operating in that axis were identified in the process.
“The operation which led to the arrest of one Lawan Buhari, and one of the NSCDC’s officials believed to be supplying ammunitions to the terrorists commenced in January 2023.
“Further operation led to the arrest of the other three defendants; Okesola, Olatunji and Adewale,” Okolo told the court.
The PW1 tendered before the court, a bag containing 1000 rounds of live ammunition as an exhibit collected from Buhari,.
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