Bauchi police arrest fake DSS operative

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Mustapha Yahaya, for allegedly impersonating a unit of the Department of State Services (DSS).

The suspect, a nonmigratory of Ran Road, Bauchi, was apprehended successful the aboriginal hours of Monday, July 27, 2026, during a regular patrol by operatives of the Command’s Violent Crimes Response Unit (VCRU) on Bayan Gari successful Bauchi metropolis.

According to the police, Yahaya claimed during questioning to beryllium a unit of the DSS attached to the Bauchi State Command. However, consequent investigations established that the assertion was false.

“Upon questioning, the fishy claimed to beryllium a unit of the Department of State Services (DSS), Bauchi State Command. Further investigation, however, revealed that the assertion was mendacious and that the fishy is not a subordinate of the DSS,” the constabulary said.

The Command disclosed that the fishy is presently successful custody, undergoing further interrogation, and volition beryllium charged successful tribunal upon the decision of investigations.

Reacting to the arrest, the Commissioner of Police, CP Sani-Omolori Aliyu, urged residents to stay vigilant and debar falling unfortunate to individuals posing arsenic information personnel.

“Members of the nationalist should beryllium wary of impostors and ever request due recognition from anyone claiming to beryllium a securit...