The Niger State Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, has introduced the arrest of 4 suspects in possession of 295 rounds of reside ammunition and an AK-47 rifle at a poultry farm in Sabon-Wuse, Tafa native authorities space of the state.
CP Danmamman revealed this whereas parading the suspects in Minna, stating that the arrests had been made primarily based on credible data obtained by the police.
The suspects, recognized as Nuhu Abdullahi, Yahuza Isah, and Mohammed Adamu, all from Dadin-Kowa Sabon-Wuse, Tafa LGA, had been apprehended on the poultry farm the place the weapons had been discovered.
“On February 18, 2024, at about 1410 hrs, primarily based on data obtained that one Nuhu Abdullahi of a poultry farm within the Sabon-Wuse space of Tafa LGA was suspected to be among the many hoodlums terrorizing the world.
“Instantly upon receiving the data, the police operatives connected to Tafa Div, with the Tactical Assist Staff (TST) led by the DPO Tafa, mobilized to the poultry farm alongside Garam/Bwari highway by way of Sabon-Wuse and arrested the suspects in connection to the data,” he said.
He additional defined that an instantaneous search carried out on the premises of the farm led to the invention of reside ammunition and the AK-47 rifle hidden in several baggage of grains throughout the farm.
Throughout interrogation, Nuhu Abdullahi confessed that his elder brother, Ibrahim Abdullahi, despatched him a sum of N295,000 to buy arms and ammunition for nefarious actions in Mangu, Plateau State.
He mentioned Ibrahim Abdullahi was additionally arrested and confessed to the crime.
Yahuza Isah was recognized because the one who aided and related Nuhu Abdullahi to Mohammed Adamu, a vigilante man in Sabon-Wuse.
Adamu claimed to have bought about 100 and eighty models of the ammunition on the fee of N2,200 every from one Rabiu in Kagarko, Kaduna State, and took supply in Jere, Kaduna State.
One other suspect, Commander Dahiru of the vigilante, who equipped the remaining amount, is presently at giant.
He added that efforts had been ongoing to arrest each Commander Dahiru and Rabiu to unravel the supply of the ammunition.
