How DSS Trailed, Nabbed Fake NGO Leader In Abuja

Officials of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Thursday, November 21, 2024 in Abuja, trailed and arrested one Kennedy Tabukoi, for leading an unregistered Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), on the aegis of the ‘Niger Delta Development Initiative (NDDI)’ allegedly being used to blackmail some high profile officials of government.

Forefront News gathered from sources close to the secret police that several officials complained to the DSS that Tabukoi tactics and unbearable harassment were so disturbing and worrisome.

It was gathered that part of the modus operandi adopted by Tabukoi included resorting to organizing other unsuspecting groups to lead protest marches against the government officials when they are unable or fail to meet his demands.

One of such protest marches organized by Tabukoi held Thursday morning at the National Assembly gate, during which Tabukoi led several groups to protest against what he alleged were moves by the federal lawmakers to stall a probe of the petroleum sector.

The source further told Forefront News that unknown to Tabukoi, security operatives had been on his trail after certain officials of government reported the several attempts he made to allegedly blackmail them into parting with huge sums of money and contracts in exchange for being embarrassed.

The source said; “Tabukoi had been boasting to friends and members of his syndicate that, as a Niger Deltan activist, he would use his NGO to deal with any government official who didn’t do his bidding.

“Unknown to him, it was the same people he had been intimidating with claims of how much he would make from top government officials in Abuja that tipped off the DSS that his so called NGO, was fake afterall as it was not registered but, he was merely using impersonation to blackmail such government officials.

“When he was initially invited, Tabukoi didn’t waste time in corroborating the claims of his so-called friends, saying that he was also aware that several Niger Deltans made money from activism, thus, the reason he was in the process of raising money to register his own NGO,” he said.

The Service is yet to issue any statement with regards to the arrest of Tabukoi.