Untold Details Of Arrest Of Abuja Estate Terror Suspect And How He Almost Escaped

Inside details of how operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS arrested a suspected suicide bomber in Trademore Estate, Airport Road, Lugbe, Abuja have emerged.

An eye witness and resident of the estate, Barr Chigozie Eburuo told Vanguard that the sting operation was carried out by the operatives of the Directorate of the States Security, DSS in the early hour of Tuesday.

According to him, the suspect was smoked out of a rented BQ apartment in the Police Quarters of the estate, where he rented and was perfecting plans to bomb targeted churches in the estate.

Eburue, who said the particular church targeted by the bomber was not clearly  disclosed but said that some of the  potential churches  targeted by the bomber include: St. John Mary Vianney Catholic Church, Winners Chapel, Mountain of Fire and Redeemed Christian Church of God, they are the closest worship centres to the scene of the arrest.

He noted that the DSS operatives recovered a gun, IEDs and other dangerous items from the suspect who was nabbed in a Toyota Camry car in front of his apartment inside the Abuja estate.

According to him, the operatives who were earlier misdirected by the tracker stormed a wrong apartment where they arrested and beat up the occupants to stupor before locating the criminal’s hideout.

“Initially the tracker failed the operatives leading to the arrest of wrong persons and blocking of all access roads in the area. But they later located the right apartment where they caught the real suspect.

“When they arrived the house, the suspect was already driving out in a Toyota Camry car, and they ordered him to come out and when he resisted they forced him out and recovered some weapons before taking him away,” the source said of the arrest of the terror suspect by the DSS operatives within the popular Abuja estate.

Recall that the US government had earlier in the week warned against a possible terrorists attack in Abuja but this warning was dismissed by the Federal government, assuring that it was up to the task of securing the lives and property of the citizens.

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