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DSS Tells Court Kaduna Man’s Tweet About Israeli PM Netanyahu Could Drag Nigeria Into Israel-Iran-Type Conflict


In the counter-affidavit opposing the defendant’s bail application, a DSS operative, Jones Gabriel, told the court that he was directly involved in the investigation that led to the arrest.

Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), has told a court that a tweet posted by a Nigerian citizen could potentially trigger an international conflict involving Nigeria, drawing comparisons to the ongoing hostility between Israel and Iran.

The claim was made in a counter-affidavit filed by the DSS before the Federal High Court of Nigeria sitting in Kaduna in the case between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Abubakar Adamu, a social media user whose X account is identified as @AbbakarAffan.

SaharaReporters learnt that Adamu was tracked, arrested and subsequently arraigned after authorities accused him of making posts on social media considered threatening in relation to the Middle East conflict.

In the counter-affidavit opposing the defendant’s bail application, a DSS operative, Jones Gabriel, told the court that he was directly involved in the investigation that led to the arrest.

"That, I am a personnel of the State Security Service (aka DSS) attached to the Kaduna State Command and the office detailed to handle investigations by virtue of which I am conversant with the facts of this matter,” Gabriel stated.

He also said the agency opposed bail because the suspect had allegedly admitted the charges after investigators confronted him with evidence obtained from his social media activity.

“The Complainant/Respondent denies paragraph 5 of the Defendant/Applicant’s affidavit and states categorically that he admitted the charges against him after he was confronted with overwhelming evidence,” the affidavit read.

The DSS further told the court that the charges against the defendant were serious and could attract severe punishment.

“The defendant/applicant is facing serious charges for offences which are not ordinarily bailable including offence that carries life imprisonment upon conviction,” the agency stated.

According to the DSS, one of the central allegations against the defendant relates to comments he posted on X concerning the leadership of Israel.

The agency claimed that Adamu used his account to make an inciting post calling for the elimination of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“One of the offences established against the Defendant/Applicant was arrested for involves posting of inciting comment on his X handle calling for the elimination of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,” the DSS stated.

The agency went further to claim that the post had the potential to escalate beyond social media and create international diplomatic consequences.

“Such post could lead to international conflict involving Nigeria, similar to the on-going hostility between Israel and Iran with its attendant destruction,” the affidavit said.

The DSS argued that allowing the defendant to regain freedom while the case was ongoing would pose a threat to national security.

In the affidavit, the secret police also made a series of allegations regarding the defendant’s past activities and associations.

The agency told the court that Adamu had previously threatened individuals who disagreed with him on religious or ideological issues.

“Based on the findings of their investigation, the Defendant/Applicant is not a person of good character as he has record of threatening to kill people who expresses a dissenting religious or ideological view from his, and derives pleasure in the death of others,” the affidavit stated.

The DSS further claimed that the defendant maintained links with foreign actors.

“The antecedents of the Defendant/Applicant shows that he has links with foreign intelligence Service who are using him to recruits Nigerians to fight in foreign military services in Countries like Ukraine and Russia,” the security agency said.

According to the agency, the suspect had also travelled outside Nigeria in connection with those alleged activities.

“The Defendant/Applicant having gone to Benghazi in Libya, and Egypt in pursuit of his activities, might likely abscond to those countries if granted bail,” it said.

The DSS insisted before the court that the defendant should remain in custody because he might evade trial.

“The Defendant/Applicant is not likely to make himself present for his trial if granted bail,” the affidavit stated.

The agency also attempted to reassure the court about its conduct in the investigation.

“The Complainant/Respondent is a responsible Federal Government organization that carries out its official duties in accordance with the rule of law and directives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under the leadership of the President and Commander in chief of the Armed Forces,” it said.

sweerychick:
so Iran or Israel go begin fight Nigeria because of one noentity that even most Nigerians never heard of?

naptu2:
Clearly you didn't read what he was tweeting.

sweerychick:
please provide a link I want to see his tweets

naptu2:
Previous threads:

DSS Arrests Abubakar Affan
https://www.nairaland.com/8622133/dss-arrests-abubakar-affan


Northern Influencer Sani (AKA Sarki, Waspapping) Is Missing
https://www.nairaland.com/8633359/northern-influencer-sani-aka-sarki

huptin:
Hmmm...looks like a jihadist to me. People like him would run if Nigeria gets dragged into the war.

sweerychick:
so Iran or Israel go begin fight Nigeria because of one noentity that even most Nigerians never heard of?

Babangidapikin:
Why can't DSS go and arrest Benjamin Netanyahu the murderer of Palestine Children and Women.. this guy is was busy committing genocide in plain sight .

Babangidapikin:
Why can't DSS go and arrest Benjamin Netanyahu the murderer of Palestine Children and Women.. this guy is was busy committing genocide in plain sight .

naptu2:
Clearly you didn't read what he was tweeting.

Babangidapikin:
Why can't DSS go and arrest Benjamin Netanyahu the murderer of Palestine Children and Women.. this guy is was busy committing genocide in plain sight .

wirinet:
What of what Boko Haram, ISWAP, Bandits, etc has not only been tweeting, but displaying on social media? Bandits actually demand ransoms through social media, and DSS never deem it important enough to use their skills and resources to track and arrest them. They only go after insignificant soft targets.

bizzibodi:
He need to be jailed to teach other islamist terrorists a lesson.

Babangidapikin:
Why can't DSS go and arrest Benjamin Netanyahu the murderer of Palestine Children and Women.. this guy is was busy committing genocide in plain sight .

naptu2:
That's why I posted links to previous threads. OK, I'll create a background post here.

Background

Abubakar Affan describes himself as a former soldier. He is a known critic of the Tinubu Administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu. He is also a major supporter of Hamas.

He has created many posts filled with threats against the Tinubu Government and Benjamin Nethanyahu. Those posts are too terrible and sensitive for me to share here.

https://x.com/i/status/1994362743973945477

https://x.com/i/status/1993948646765994442

https://x.com/i/status/1991034275764785399

https://x.com/i/status/1965651509112447174

https://x.com/i/status/2020217198040522871

https://x.com/i/status/1961688665844793713

https://x.com/i/status/2012994435538207104

https://x.com/i/status/2016999598531780734

https://x.com/i/status/2006672033430778297

https://x.com/i/status/2007443007306440868

https://x.com/i/status/1971979881132208546

https://x.com/i/status/1971476083351617801

https://x.com/i/status/1970129729316655276

https://x.com/i/status/1971530689783963877

https://x.com/i/status/2006968964866519311

https://x.com/i/status/2006849304171000025

https://x.com/i/status/2004518590830223446



https://x.com/i/status/2024227637464334355

https://x.com/i/status/2024022709462499749

https://x.com/i/status/2023851362828657079

https://x.com/i/status/2023895821301825978

https://x.com/i/status/2024031942283231624

https://x.com/i/status/2023982568828223816

Remember that he's a former soldier

Administration1:
How come various video allegedly showing terrorists displaying ransom money are not been tracked to get them arrested, or are such videos are not capable of causing the US Iranian war?

naptu2:
Ignorance is not a good look.

If you think that the DSS has not arrested terrorists, bandits, etc then nobody on Nairaland can help you and you might need to seek medical help.

Babangidapikin:
Why can't DSS go and arrest Benjamin Netanyahu the murderer of Palestine Children and Women.. this guy is was busy committing genocide in plain sight .

naptu2:
Tracking

(This is really just an excuse to post Mike Ozekhome's story again).

Some people complain that the DSS could track down Aminu Mohammed, yet they can't track down kidnappers, bandits and terrorists. This statement doesn't make sense to me. In fact this is false equivalence to me.

Firstly, let's get one thing out of the way, Aminu Mohammed was not arrested by the DSS. However, that's not important in this discussion.


Secondly, this is the reason that I say that it is false equivalence. Aminu Mohammed is just a student who tweeted something. He probably never thought that he would be arrested or that his tweet would have such an impact, therefore, he didn't bother to hide his location or identity.

On the other hand, terrorists, bandits and kidnappers know that the authorities are out to get them and so they go to great lengths to hide their identity and location.

A good example is the case of Mike Ozekhome.


Mike Ozekhome is a well known lawyer and human rights activist. He was kidnapped in 2013 and he appeared on Good Morning Nigeria on the NTA after he was released. He told a very interesting story when he appeared on the programme.

Kingsley and Claire asked him how he was, what happened at the point that he was kidnapper, etc, but there was something else that they didn't ask him, but he took time to explain in detail.


The kidnappers allowed him to speak to his relatives and he explained how this was done. A kidnapper would take Mr Ozekhome's phone and another phone and go far away from their camp, to the middle of nowhere. The batteries of the phones would have already been removed.

The kidnapper would get to a place, put the batteries in the phones and use one phone to call the kidnappers' camp and use Mike Ozekhome's phone to call his relatives. He would then put both phones on speaker. This was how Mike Ozekhome could speak to his relatives.

When he was done, the kidnapper would remove both batteries and quickly leave the area.


What this meant was that the authorities could not use sim registration to identify Ozekhome's kidnappers, because they used his phone to call his relatives, and they could not catch the kidnappers by triangulating their location, because they didn't make the call from their camp.

Obviously Aminu Mohammed would not go to such lengths to hide his identity and location.

naptu2:
Besides, the authorities have tracked down and arrested many terrorists, bandits and kidnappers (both within and outside the country). The people that kidnapped Mr Ozekhome were eventually arrested. Some examples include Kabiru Sokoto, Hamisu Bala (Wadume), Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (Evans), etc.

naptu2:
There is a third part of this series that I have not yet had the time to write.

naptu2:
I have explained this thing many times.

It's Not Our Fault Kidnappers Are Not Tracked Despite Satellite, SIM, NIN — NCC
https://www.nairaland.com/8200682/not-fault-kidnappers-not-tracked


I hope I can write the third part later tonight.

naptu2:
This is part of the third part of the series on kidnappers and tracking people's phones that I wanted to write. I have shown (using the Ozekhome example) that it is not easy to track kidnappers.

Therefore, people have asked me, why do we have SIM registration, BVN, NIN, etc, when it's not easy to use them to track kidnappers?

The answer is that many criminals have been caught using SIM registration, BVN, NIN, etc. Even the criminals that are difficult to track can still be apprehended or curtailed using those methods. I will explain in detail this night, but read this example.


How Adeleye Ayomide Murdered Idowu Christianah & Buried Her
https://www.nairaland.com/8204976/how-adeleye-ayomide-murdered-idowu

naptu2:
Pantami doesn't quite know what's happening. I have explained this situation before.

Pantami Accuses Security Agencies Of Not Using NIN-SIM Policy To Track Criminals
https://www.nairaland.com/7970303/pantami-accuses-security-agencies-not

naptu2:
Part 2

I have followed the news very closely for more than 40 years and that's why it was easy for me to notice this trend and to figure out what was causing it.

There was a time that kidnapped people were regaining their freedom. They were not rescued by the security forces, yet they were regaining their freedom because of the security forces.

Quite often, when there's a crime, the media would focus a lot of attention on it for a short period and then move on. The crime would be talked about by the public and then everybody would move on. I don't move on, I usually follow the reports in detail. So, for example, many people will easily remember that there was a major robbery incident in Lekki in 2015, but few people will remember that the robbers were caught a few months later and fewer people will remember what the robbers told journalists about their operation. I remember all of that.

So I noticed that kidnapped people were regaining their freedom and I remembered what they said about how they became free.

There were instances when the kidnapped people said that they had been held in a camp for a while and then, all of a sudden, the kidnappers began moving them around and then, eventually, the kidnappers abandoned them and they found their way to freedom.

Some kidnapped people said that they noticed aircraft (usually helicopters or fighter jets) regularly flying past their location before the kidnappers abandoned them.

Some of the hostages actually said that there was pressure from the security forces and they heard the kidnappers talking about it before they were abandoned in the bush.

Taking that information and linking it to what Mike Ozekhome said, I suspect that the security services were triangulating the location of the phones that were used to make ransom demands. Mike Ozekhome said that a kidnapper would take his phone and another phone to another location and call from there (using the speaker function to connect both phones). Well, if the security forces regularly triangulate the location of those calls, then they will have a general area to patrol. They won't get the location of the kidnappers, because the calls were not made from the kidnapper's location, but they would have a general idea of the region in which the kidnapper is operating and by patrolling that region, they would be able to put pressure on the kidnapper.

If a kidnapper notices that there are more aerial patrols around his location, if, when he goes to buy food and other necessities, he notices that there are more ground patrols, then he might feel that it is safer to distance himself from the hostages, so that he won't be caught with them.

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Lastly, things like SIM registration, NIN and BVN are also very important because not every criminal is clever and good at hiding his tracks and those measures will help the security forces to apprehend those criminals, such as the one in the last example below.

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naptu2:
The last time that I wrote about the way that criminal groups communicate, I was referring to bandits and kidnappers. I wasn't really thinking about terrorists. Of course terrorists use more sophisticated methods.

I often wrote about it in 2011-2016, I haven't written about it recently, but it's now time to update my posts.

Terrorists often use satellite phones to communicate. Back then I referred to Thuraya satellite phones which were popular in Nigeria in the 2000s and 2010s. These phones do not use the regular cell towers (they communicate directly with satellites) so it's difficult for phone companies to track them. They can also avoid sim registration regulations.

Well, now there are reports that the terrorists are using Starlink systems for communication. These perform the same functions as satellite phones but they are cheaper and easier to use.