…Hails President Tinubu for backing States’ fight against insecurity

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State on Friday commended the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian Army, and the Nigeria Police for their commitment to securing Nigeria and the South-East geopolitical zone in particular.

The governor gave the commendation shortly after visiting the state DSS headquarters, where he inspected a cache of arms and ammunition recovered on Tuesday from commanders of the outlawed Eastern Security Network (ESN) in the state.

During the raid on the ESN armoury, DSS operatives, backed by troops of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, recovered a large cache of high-calibre arms and ammunition.

Governor Mbah inspected some of the recovered weapons, including a rocket launcher, two RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) warheads, three RPG chargers, 11 AK-47 rifles, and over 610 rounds of NATO 7.62×39mm ammunition, as well as National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) uniforms and lanyards.

Accompanied by the Division’s Garrison Commander, Brig. Gen. Abubakar Suru, the State Commissioner of Police, Bitrus Giwa, and other government officials, Mbah praised the cooperation and professionalism of security agencies in the country.

According to the governor, but for the diligence and intelligence of the DSS and sister security agencies, the recovered arms and ammunition would have been used by ESN operatives to wreak havoc across the South-East and create a false impression that insecurity has taken over the region.

Governor Mbah called on Nigerians, irrespective of political and religious affiliations, to support efforts by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to tackle insecurity.

He also thanked President Tinubu for supporting states in the fight against insecurity, saying the President’s efforts are responsible for the successes being recorded by security agencies across the country.

Security sources disclosed that the raid on the ESN armoury followed intelligence gathered from some arrested ESN members, indicating that the group was planning to unleash coordinated attacks in Enugu and other South-East states in order to spread panic and create the impression of widespread insecurity.

The Enugu recovery came two days before the Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced five members of a notorious bandit group to 25 years imprisonment each for assisting gunmen who, on November 21, 2025, attacked and abducted students and staff of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State.

The five convicts were arrested by DSS operatives in separate operations last week.