The Department of State Services, DSS, in Delta State has intercepted a cache of sophisticated weapons in Asaba, the state capital.
The operation, which took place on October 12, 2025, within the Asaba metropolis, led to the arrest of a notorious arms dealer, identified as Stephen Sabo Atoshi, and his accomplice, a 40-year-old secondary school teacher from Taraba State.
The Deputy Director of Operations of the Delta State Command of the DSS, Mr Anthony Ifemeje, while briefing Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Monday in Asaba, revealed that the suspects were part of a network trafficking small arms and light weapons from Sebha in southern Libya through Chad into Nigeria via an illegal border in Geidam, Yobe State.