DSS Arrests Medical Doctor For Supplying Drugs To Kidnappers In Kwara 

By Joseph Sunday 

The operatives of the Department of State Security Services, DSS, has arrested a medical Doctor for allegedly transporting and supplying drugs to suspected kidnapping gangs operating in Kwara State.

The Kwara State Government through the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye disclosed the arrest in a statement made available to newsmen Ilorin on Friday. 

According to the statement, Rafiu Ajakaye said, the suspect was reportedly intercepted in Jebba, Moro Local Government Area, following intelligence linking him to a syndicate responsible for delivering medical items to armed groups across the region.

The statement read, “The Department of State Service has taken into custody a medical doctor who was ferrying drugs from Sokoto to kidnappers in parts of Kwara State.

“The doctor was intercepted in the Jebba area following intelligence reports about the activities of the kidnappers and their couriers.

“The secret service says the criminal gangs appear desperate for medical care following gunshot wounds sustained in encounters with security forces.”

The arrest forms part of an intensified operation aimed at disrupting the logistics networks sustaining kidnapping cells in the North-Central zone.

Sources said kidnapping gangs have recently increased efforts to secure medical treatment—particularly for gunshot wounds sustained during clashes with security operatives—forcing security agencies to heighten surveillance around the movement of medical supplies.

The Kwara State government however advised on the need to improve security measures in health facilities in thickly forested areas which the kidnappers may target,” according to a security official.