Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have intercepted about 900 ammunitions transported from Onitsha, Anambra state, to Abuja, just as the driver and conductor of the bus have been arrested.
The driver of the vehicle, Anthony Udeh, and the conductor, Emmanuel Onuvu, said the ammunitions, which are cartridges of highly sophisticated weapons, packed and rapped with bathroom slippers, were given to them to someone in Abuja and they didn’t check the content of the bag.
Parading the suspects, Friday at the command headquarters, the Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, CP Sadiq Abubakar, warned criminal elements to avoid the FCT as they will be adequately dealt with.
He disclosed that 18 other suspects were arrested for various crimes since his assumption to office earlier in the week.
According to the CP, on December 22, 2022, at about 03:00am, operatives of the FCT Police Command attached to State Criminal Investigation Department arrested Ibrahim Umar, Nurudeen Yunusa, Muhammed Ahmed, Yunusa Ibrahim, Amodu Ahmed, Zakari Muhammed, Yusuf Ibrahim, Isah Labaran, Muhammed Mahammed, Salihu Suleiman; all male suspects, for armed robbery and other heinous crimes.
He said the suspects were arrested at You and You Hotel, Sambisa, Masaka Area of Nasarawa State and the following items were recovered in their possession: three AK47 Rifle, four G-3 Rifles, 122 Live ammunitions of 7.62MM, one locally made pistol without ammunition, three ballistic vest, six AK47 empty magazines, seven G-3 empty magazines, and charms of various degree.
Other exhibits recovered from them included; one Police Sgt warrant card, one vigilante ID card, one Civil Defence I.D card, one Toyota Camry 2000 model (Golden colour), Reg No. GGE 702 CH, one Golf 3 wagon green colour, Reg. No KWL 22 GQ x, two Generators, one filing machine.
The Police boss said investigation was on-going and the suspects would be charged to court on conclusion of the investigation.
