The Department of State Services has said vowed to work with other security agencies to ensure the country is safe during the transition period.
According to The PUNCH, the service said this was necessary as some elements are hellbent on truncating the process.
This is coming after a joint operation by the operatives of the DSS, Nigerian Army and Nigeria Police led to the arrest of a total of five terrorists in Kaduna and Kano states.
During the raid on terrorists’ hideout in Kaduna, terrorists were said to have deployed Improvised Explosive Devices against operatives.
A statement on Tuesday by the spokesperson for the DSS, Peter Afunanya, said a terrorist with a suicide jacket was said to have blown himself up while three terrorists were arrested and two suicide jackets were recovered from them.
The statement partly read, “The DSS hereby informs the public that the Service and troops of the Nigerian Army and Police Force, in the early hours of May 15, 2023, simultaneously raided hideouts of insurgents/terrorists in parts of Kaduna and Kano States.
“During the raid in Kaduna State, the terrorists IEDs against the fighting forces. One of the terrorists who wore a suicide jacket blew himself up. While three suspects were arrested, items recovered upon a search of the group’s accommodation, after Police EOD had diffused other IEDs, were: two suicide jackets, one AK-47 rifle, a pistol, and one laptop.
