Intelligence Report: How Nigerian DSS Arrested Terrorist
Planning to Strike US
Reviewing what he described as "global
security threat," a top intelligence officer at the presidency yesterday
in Abuja said the Department of State Services (DSS) was capable of detecting
any security risk in the country, assuring the Nigerian public to have trust in
the agency in dealing with any national security issue.
To buttress how sophisticated the secret agency has
become in the past few years, the intelligence officer revealed how the agency
some weeks ago busted a terrorist planned attack to be carried out in the
United States.
"When it comes to intelligence gathering, the
DSS is well-respected in the international community. Hardly a day passes
without at least seven countries asking from us one favour or the other. When
it comes to intelligence gathering, the agency is well-respected.
‘’A few weeks ago, the agency busted a terrorist
planned attack that was to be executed in the US, and the security agency
received huge commendation from the US authority. It also arrested one of the
most wanted terrorists in the world, and he is currently in Nigeria’s custody;
he was responsible for many killings and bombings in 2012 and 2013 in Nigeria,’’
he stated.
The security officer added that there had been a
huge difference in the intelligence gathering and operation of DSS in the last
few years, saying there is no security operation that takes place in the
country without intelligence report from the Service.
Describing some politicians as "worse than
Boko Haram," the senior intelligence officer at the presidency accused
some politicians of overheating the nation’s politics for their selfish
interest.
He added that “some of these politicians don’t have
the interest of the nation at heart in whatever they do. They are worse than
Boko Haram terrorists. They talk as if there will be no tomorrow; no personal
interest is greater than the national interest.
"Some politicians are dragging our nation to
dangerous trend; we need to collectively call them to order and regulate their
political activities. If we don’t collectively protect our nation, we will
become victims of the crisis they want to create."
Defending some of the actions of the secret
security agency especially as it concerns arrest and detention of suspected
terrorists which had received hard criticisms from the media and the civil
society groups, he said act of terrorism has global standards.
"Look at the incident that recently happened
in Berlin, Germany, where a suspected terrorist rammed a truck into Christmas
market; all those linked with the incident were arrested, while one or two of
them were killed in different countries.
"But if the incident had happened in Nigeria,
some human rights lawyers would have filed different suits in court,
challenging the fundamental human rights of the suspects.
"Nigerian security agencies can afford to do
the same thing in Nigeria because they have the same training with their
colleagues in other countries. But by virtual of their religious belief, they
are not in a hurry to take life. The patriotism they have always displayed is
uncommon," he added.
Stressing the agency’s commitment to fight terrorism
and the need to be more firmed on terrorists, the intelligence officer said
after the 9 11 terrorist attack in the United States, there was an agreement in
the global community that terrorists should be killed notwithstanding the kind
of weapon they are carrying.
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