The Department of State Services (DSS) has reassured Nigerians of its readiness to check activities of criminal gangs in the country.

This is contained in a statement by the department, signed by Mr Tony Opuiyo in Abuja on Saturday.

It assured Nigerians that it would not relent in its efforts to checkmate the activities of any criminal gang that terrorised innocent citizens across the federation.

The statement urged members of the public to volunteer useful information that would assist the service in apprehending criminal gangs, promising that such information would be treated with ‘’utmost confidentiality and dispatch’’.

It said that any suspect arrested by the service would be arraigned in courts in accordance with the law, adding that efforts were on to apprehend fleeing members of some kidnap gangs and others hiding across the country.

It disclosed that it had arrested some criminals in some states across the country