Insecurity: We are in trouble, but DSS can do a lot if properly equipped – Ughegbe

Activist and nationalist affairs analyst, Dr. Lemmy Ughegbe, has said the caller apprehension of 5 suspected terrorists, including 2 overseas nationals, by the Department of State Services (DSS) demonstrates that Nigeria’s information agencies are susceptible of delivering important results erstwhile adequately equipped and supported.
Ughegbe stated this during an interrogation connected Wednesday connected Arise News portion discussing the country’s information challenges and the relation of citizens successful addressing them.

According to him, Nigeria indispensable admit the seriousness of its information situation, noting that adjacent President Bola Tinubu has publically expressed interest astir insecurity.

“We are successful occupation arsenic a country; we indispensable admit that,” Ughegbe said.

Despite the challenges, helium argued that the DSS cognition should animate assurance successful the country’s information institutions.

“This precise singular feat by the DSS shows that the agency, erstwhile allowed to bash its job, decently equipped and decently motivated, has the capacity, not conscionable the potential, to make credible and actionable intelligence,” helium said.

Ughegbe said the cognition demonstrated the quality of information agencies to infiltrate violent networks, intercept quality and disrupt the question of weapons among transgression groups.

“Being capable to seizure these 5 terrorists, including 2 overseas nationals, speaks volu...