Operatives of the Department of State Services and troops of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday foiled a major attempt by members of the outlawed Eastern Security Network to kidnap scores of students writing the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination in some Southeast states.
The targeted schools for the abductions were located in Enugu, Anambra and Imo states.
According to a statement released on Thursday by the DSS, operatives of the secret police and soldiers acted on credible intelligence and raided an ESN armoury in the Agbani axis of Enugu State.
The statement added that intelligence revealed that ESN members planned to launch the attacks while wearing National Youth Service Corps uniforms.
“The raid led to the recovery of a cache of high-calibre arms, including eight AK-47 rifles, 12 AK-47 magazines and 323 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition. Also recovered were one smoke grenade launcher, two teargas canisters, 10 NYSC trousers, eight NYSC T-shirts and four NYSC lanyards.
