The Department of State Services, DSS, has arrested a man known as, Jones Abari, aka General Akotebe Darikoro, for the alleged mastermind of a hoaxed plan to overthrow President Muhammad Buhari, by the military.
A statement issued by an official of the service, Tony Opuiyo, in Abuja on Saturday, July 23, said Abari was arrested in Yenagoa on July 21, while describing the suspect as the leader of the Joint Revolutionary Council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force.
Opuiyo, said that Abari had confessed to other criminal activities, which included, a threat to launch missile attacks on selected targets in Abuja and Aso Rock.
Others include, writing threat messages to the management of the Nigeria Agip Oil Company, and the Shell Petroleum Development Company, demanding for N500 million and N250 million, respectively.
He added, that the suspect also masterminded the vandalism of NAOC trunk line in Ogboinbiri, Southern Ijaw, and the bombing of SPDC oil pipeline.
In another development, the DSS said it had arrested a suspected terrorist, Bulama Ramat, at the Jabi Motor Park, FCT, on July 21.
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