Insecurity: Ex-DSS director finally discloses those behind banditry in Nigeria | READ DETAILS

Bernard Nelson

Mar 01, 2021

An emerging news report has linked former members of the Boko Haram insurgent group to banditry in Nigeria.

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Dennis Amachree, a former assistant director in the Department of State Services (DSS), said bandits had confessed that some of them were Boko Haram fighters.

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According to The Cable, he made the disclosure when he featured on an Arise TV programme on Saturday, February 27.

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Amachree said:

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The ex-DSS director said:

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Amachree added that while leaders of militants are known, some of the bandits are foreigners who want to live on their own terms in Nigeria.

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Insecurity: Ex-DSS director finally discloses those behind banditry in Nigeria | READ DETAILS

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