In Kaduna, police apprehend suspected bandit and arms suppliers.

Ibekimi Oriamaja Reports

A suspected bandit was apprehended on the outskirts of Kaduna by Kaduna State Police Command operatives.

According to Track News, the operatives stopped a vehicle carrying arms and ammunition on its way to Katsina State.

DSP Muhammed Jalige, the State Command’s spokesman, explained in a statement on Sunday night that the Police Command had “on the 2nd October, 2022, at about 1330hrs while acting on an actionable intelligence around Sabon Gaya along Kaduna Abuja road intercepted a Sharon vehicle with Reg. No. MNA 819 NT, driven by one Lawal Abdul ‘M’ of Minna, Niger State heading to Katsina State

“Upon a thorough search of the said vehicle, the following were recovered: (1) 1 no. assault rifle (2) eighteen (18) rifle magazines (3) two hundred and forty-one (241) rounds of live ammunition,” the statement continued. The suspect and all exhibits have been taken into custody, and the Commissioner of Police, CP YA Ayoku, has ordered a thorough investigation in order to arrest and prosecute the suppliers and users of these incriminating items. The suspect had already made an important statement that aided the investigation.”

In a related development, the Command’s operatives “intercepted a gunrunner, one Musa Ibrahim ‘M’ of Yan Siminti village of Niger State, who was en-route Katsina State from Plateau with Two Hundred and Eighty (280) rounds of 7.62 X 39mm calibre of live ammunition on Wednesday, 5th October, 2022.”

According to the statement, the suspect is also assisting the investigation by assisting in the arrest of his criminal accomplices so that they can face the full wrath of the law.

According to the statement, “operatives of the Command apprehended a serial arms and ammunition supplier, one Sanusi Ummaru’m’ 29years of Nasa Village of Kachia LGA with a large number of 7.62mm calibre of live ammunition around Galadimawa village in Giwa LGA on Saturday 8th October, 2022.”

“The operatives intercepted the suspect at about 1145hrs on his way to deliver the dangerous items to his cohorts, and upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to having been on the nefarious business for a very long time,” according to the statement.