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DSS holds Abuja-Kaduna Train Services Manager over leaked memo
The manager of Abuja-Kaduna Train Services, Pascal Nnorli, has been held by the Department of State Service, DSS, over the leaked memo warning of an imminent terror attack on Abuja-Kaduna railway.
Only last Wednesday, the DSS issued a security alert to the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on a plot by bandits to attack the Abuja-Kaduna train link at any possible time.
In a memo signed by the Director of the DSS, FCT Command, R.N. Adepemu, the DSS warned train passengers to be security-conscious.
A source in the NRC, who did not want name mentioned, told PUNCH that the manager was arrested along with the operations manager, Victor Adamu, and other staff members.
The source said, “Do you know that they have arrested our manager since last Thursday – the two of them, the operation manager and Pascal? But they have released one of them.
“Victor is a victim of circumstances because they met him in Pascal’s office, so they arrested him together with all Pascal’s staff and took them to the DSS office. Pascal is still there now,” the source said.
According to the source, the arrest was likely to be connected with the leaked DSS memo.
The source claimed that the letter, which detailed sensitive information about the attack, was addressed to the Managing Director of the NRC, stressing that it explicitly warned that if the letter were to leak, it could lead to arrests.
NRC Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria, declined comments when contacted by the newspaper.
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