DSS: How we arrested terror suspect who threatened to kill students, teachers in Abuja schools

A Federal High Court successful Abuja, connected Friday, heard however operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, trailed and apprehended a panic suspect, John Agbo who sent respective messages to immoderate elite schools successful Abuja schools, threatening to termination their students and teachers.

An operative of the DSS, Michael Jego, told the tribunal that his bureau received petitions from 3 schools successful Abuja successful 2024 astir substance messages from immoderate telephone numbers, with menace to termination students and teachers, and destruct spot successful the affected schools.

Jego spoke connected Friday portion testifying arsenic the archetypal prosecution witnesser (PW1) successful the ongoing proceedings of Agbo, successful whose possession the witnesser said a Techno android phone, allegedly utilized by the suspect, identified arsenic John Jude Agbo, to nonstop the menace messages, was recovered.

Agbo, who was arraigned connected March 17 connected a two-count charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/06/2026, is being prosecuted by the DSS nether the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022 and the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) (Amendment) Act, 2024.

The DSS, successful a lawsuit summarily filed successful court, said the suspect is “standing proceedings connected charges of utilizing the instrumentality of his GSM numbers: 08124412783, 08069781274, 08105715028 and 09139681108 to nonstop SMS to immoderate schools successful Abuja.”

The concealed constabulary listed Premier International School, The Regent Secondary School and Oakland International British Sc...