₦airaland Forum

FARMER GOVERNOR UMARU BAGO LAUDS PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU OVER THE ARREST OF MAHMUDA TERROR GROUP LEADER.

Niger State Governor, farmer Mohammed Umaru Bago, has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinibu over the arrest of Abubakar Abba, leader of Mahmuda, one of the most feared terror groups in Nigeria by the Departmentof State Services ( DSS ).

The Terror leader Abba was said to have been captured in Wawa, Borgu local government area of Niger State and has been taken to Abuja for further investigation.

Farmer Governor Umaru Bago described the move as a demonstration of President Bola Tinubu's commitment to the safety and welfare of Nigerians.

Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Bologi, the farmer governor said, “Yes, it is true. I can confirm that the leader of Mahmuda, which is one of the most dangerous terror groups in West Africa, Abubakar Abba, has been arrested by the DSS. As you read.

He was apprehended alive through an intelligence-led operation by the DSS.”

"This is a huge victory for us as a people and as a government, and President Tinubu deserves commendation for this cheering news.
"Abba's arrest demonstrates the commitment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to truly ending insecurity and promoting the well-being of Nigerians.”

“Look at the appointments in the security services, especially the DSS. It takes a tremendous degree of intelligence and competence to, without firing a single shot, captured a high-profile terrorist like Abba. Where there is a will, they say, there is a way. Mr. President has consistently shown that willpower. That's why we are recording such successes,” he noted.

The farmer governor promised that the Niger State government would continue to collaborate with the federal government and security agencies to ensure that terrorism is halted in the country.

The media was recently awash with reports of the capture of the leader of the Mahmuda terror group who has been terrorising residents around the Kainji National Park in Niger State.

Residents of the communities in part of Niger and Kwara States who used to live in fear of the terror group suspected that all may not be well with the terror group after they noticed what they described as Abba's puzzling disappearance from public view.

Security sources hinted that, after weeks of surveillance, the DSS trailed and arrested the terror group leader in Wawa community, Borgu local government area of Nig er State.

Bologi Ibrahim
Chief Press Secretary to
the Governor of Niger State
12/8/2025.

The Catholic Bishop of Maiduguri Diocese, John Bakeni, has praised the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army for the successful rescue of Reverend Father Alphonsus Afina, who was abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on June 1. Father Afina was kidnapped in Gwoza, Borno State, drawing international concern due to his previous service as a priest in Alaska from September 2017 to 2024. He was taken along with an unspecified number of fellow travelers on the Liman Kara-Gwoza road in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.
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The IPOB apologists are always at parity with the truth for their myopic understanding of how law operates. They were never a respecter of any law. Anyway, we are watching fingers crossed.

In a decisive move to rid its market of adulterated products, the Auto Spare Parts & Machinery Dealers Association (ASPMDA) has announced that any member caught selling fake engine oil or counterfeit spare parts will permanently forfeit their shops, buildings, or plazas. The resolution was reached during an emergency general meeting held on Wednesday at the association’s hall inside the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex. The meeting follows recent raids by the Department of State Security (DSS), which led to the seizure of large quantities of counterfeit engine oil and the arrest of several traders allegedly involved in the illicit trade......
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I said it, this man is always cunny. Why does it took him 10yrs to claim he wrote statement under duress . Haha now. He just remembered. Lol

I wish the present governor of plateau will seek an advice from the former governor Lalong on how he was.able to manage the plateau crises during his tenue.. the tention is becoming too much.

But let tell ourselves the truth. Is being long we lost it in this country to the men underworld. The best thing is self defense . Me I buy this idea. There is no monopoly of violence.

I don't know why some machants of confusion always find comfort in discrediting anything that is progressive. Anyway may God bless Nigeria.

In as much as the victim deserve justice, but it is the function of the state to give that justice through the court. In the meantime, people have to exercise some patience, because it is a process. One love.

A high court of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday began definite hearing in the case of defamation instituted by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).
The officers instituted the case after SERAP, last September, failed to apologize to the secret police after accusing its operatives of invading its Abuja office. The DSS officers, Sarah John and Gabriel Ogundele, consequently filed the defamation lawsuit in October 2024, seeking ₦5 billion in damages from SERAP.

In addition to the remedy sought by the officers for what they called reputational harm, was demand for an apology published on SERAP’s website, national dailies and television stations, N50 million for legal costs and 10 percent annual interest on the N5 billion until payment is completed.......

https://vigil360.com.ng/browse-all-sections/security/court-commences-hearing-on-dss-5b-defamation-case-against-serap.html

A court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has fixed March 21 to begin definite hearing on a case of defamation filed by two officers of the Department of State Services (DSS) against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The DSS officers had last October filed a defamation suit against SERAP after the organization failed to apologize for accusing the DSS officials of unlawfully invading its Abuja office a month earlier. Among the reliefs sought by the DSS officers are ₦5 billion in damages, an apology published on SERAP’s website, social media, and in national newspapers and TV Stations. In addition, was ₦50 million for legal costs and 10 percent annual interest on the N5 billion until payment is made in full........

https://vigil360.com.ng/browse-all-sections/editorial/judge-okays-start-of-5bn-defamation-suit-by-dss-against-serap.html

Nigeria na wao, in my case I always avoid anything that will make me say sorry at the end. This stomach journalism. Guardian my foot.

The opacity of this man does not size to amaze me. He is just an aggressive influencer. And this is somebody that dream he can be leader in this country. I laugh in swahili....

when fraud is in your DNA. this criminals are operating at another level. look at them gaslighting the owner instead of calling their brother to order.

How can a sane human being blame the death of an 82yrs old man in Nigeria, and who died on his hospital bed on someone's neck. We like playing blame game in this country. Small time they will change and blame Tinubu for not providing wheel chair at the DSS office for Biafra leader. Make I see road I beg!

So because your fatwas wishing the government release Nnamdi Kanu, where was you father when Nnamdi kanu was calling for the killing of our military men, he did not tame Kanu. And when Buhari arrested him, all of a sudden, yur kinsmen are ranting on social media. Kanu must receive sense by force.

The United Kingdom Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has vowed that she will make sure that immigrants seeking British citizenship do not find it easy henceforth.
https://vigil360.com.ng/world/europe-news/kemi-badenoch-vows-to-make-it-hard-for-immigrants-seeking-british-citizenship.html

you have N7m and you are thinking of migrating, you are mad!

i know is only them that does not even spare one of them. tufiakwa! i spit at this evil.

kuje prison alumni, i hail una!

na them, i knew it. we are the most hard working, hardworking kini!

the same obidient would have been spewing rubbish if the man were to come from other region of the country.

AirBere:


Make I bend if they answer this question.

West=Haram yet they want to travel to Canada, USA, UK, France etc. what happened to countries with same ideology like your neighbours; Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon Iran, Jordan, Pakistan, Egypt, Libya, etc.

The West learned the hard way. Terrorists and their sympathetisers will also learn the hard way.

what you should ask yourself is who is responsible for the fall of Syria. please borrow yourself a brain.

Dpharisee:
After using terrorists to destroy Syria now they want Syrians including Syrian Christians who fled to Europe to escape from the jihadists to quickly return to a country being ruled by western backed Islamists. These countries making noise are behind the crisis in Syria which started at the same time with Libya but saved till now from total collapse by Russia intervention which prevented Libya 2.0 from happening in Syria.
As part of their plans Israel has invaded Syria to occupy more lands and have been bombing the same western and Turkish rebels who are in control of parts of the balkanized country

this is the only objective comment i see here. thank you for saying the truth.

EmperorCaesar:


Is it not the same Ndume that said "if minimum wage was increased to 100k per month, he'd not be able to pay all his four drivers that amount"


Is this the man Kalu is trying to emulate?

And this same Kalu was a Gov of one Eastern state in the past and this is how he thinks?


The whole state should be a joke

you are misquoting him, Senator Geoge Akume said that Not Ndume.

las las, the hustle has paid. but lets wait and see if Tinubu will play game with him of dismissing him after 6month and make him useless forever.

this is vote buying on the loose! simple.

by just checking their names, it is clear who they are, i never expected different people anyway.

I wonder how someone that perpetually lost election should champion a revolution against the sitting government. 2027 is not far from now, instead Sowore would have rather prepare to back to the ballot instead of throwing tantrums.

its unfortunate, marriage is being overrated really.

I pray God will continue to give Nigerian forces the mind to confront these beast call bandits.