Breaking: DSS confirms Maina’s arrest, as son pulled a pistol on security agents

By Sunday Oladapo

This Department of State Services DSS has confirmed the arrest of former Chairman Pension Reform Task Team PRTT, Abdulrasheed Main.

The arrest which was effected by a combined operation , on 30th September, 2019 at the Pennsylvania Avenue Hotel, Utako, Abuja followed a request by the EFCC to the Service to assist in the apprehension of the suspect.

Maina was arrested in company of his 20 year old son, Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, who unsuccessfully tried to resist the arrest.

This was contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer
Department of State Services National Headquarters, Peter Afunanya, Ph.D and made available to newsmen on Wednesday.

According to the statement, Maina’s son, a final year student at the Canadian University of Dubai where he is studying Telecoms Engineering pulled a pistol against the security agents involved in the operation.

He was, however, disarmed and arrested.

Items recovered from the suspects include a pistol with live ammunition, a bullet proof Range Rover SUV, a BMW Saloon car, foreign currencies, a phantom 7 drone and sensitive documents.

The suspects and the recovered items will be handed over to the EFCC for further investigations and appropriate necessary actions.

It is instructive to note that the operation is as a result of a renewed interagency collaboration among security and law enforcement agencies.

The Service has always subscribed to such collaboration believed to be important in national security management and therefore, hopes to sustain the initiative in mitigating the current threats against public safety and national critical assets.