The Department of State Security has taken into custody Pascal Nnorli, the manager of the Abuja-Kaduna train station. This arrest comes in the wake of a leaked memo that raised concerns about a potential terrorist attack on the Abuja-Kaduna railway.
Roots TV recently reported that the Department of State Security (DSS) had issued a security alert to the Nigerian Railway Corporation regarding a potential terrorist threat targeting the Abuja-Kaduna train station.
In a memo signed by the Director of the DSS, FCT Command, R.N. Adepemu, the secret police warned train passengers to be security-conscious.
According to an online newspaper on Monday, the manager was arrested along with the Operations Manager, Victor Adamu, and other staff members.
The news portal further revealed that the manager was arrested last Thursday along with the operation manager and another staff member named Pascal but disclosed that one of them was released.
“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,” it quoted a source.
The source said the arrest was likely to be in connection with the leak of the DSS memo.
According to a source within the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), the letter containing sensitive information about the anticipated attack was specifically addressed to the NRC’s Managing Director. The letter emphasized that any leakage of its contents could result in arrests.
“I couldn’t tell why they arrested them but what I am hearing is they said one letter concerning this Abuja-Kaduna attack, they wrote one letter to our Managing Director and it states clearly that if the letter leaks, it can lead to arrest and according to DSS it was Pascal’s office they dropped the letter and the letter leaked and went viral.”