Soldier detained for providing guns and hiring services to kidnappers

A soldier assigned to the Buhari Cantonment in Tungan-Maje, Abuja, has been detained by DSS agents for allegedly leasing out and selling weaponry to kidnappers.

The soldier, who goes by the name Nafiu, was apprehended last week at Dankogi Park in Zuba in coordination with local Vigilante Group of Nigeria members.

According to THE PREMIER NEWS, the DSS from the Gwagwalada office requested the assistance of the local security group in Zuba to arrest the suspect due to prior claims of an arms sale against him.

In the first agreement, the suspect is said to have reportedly hired out a gun for a kidnapping operation for N300,000. Following that, they got in touch with them again.

In the first agreement, the suspect is said to have reportedly hired out a gun for a kidnapping operation for N300,000. They got in touch with him again for a different deal, and this time, he asked N200,000, which the kidnappers allegedly paid, but he failed to show up with the pistol.

According to the source, the soldier was the target of a sting operation when the kidnappers, who had been in DSS custody, made the claim.