A team of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Jigawa has apprehended a young man with firearms, and on interogation he disclosed that he was going to Benue state.
The arrest of the suspect was made known by the deputy commander of NDLEA in Jigawa, Oko Micheal, while addressing journalists on Tuesday at Dutse, the state capital.
See the officers account of the story below:
The deputy commander, Mr. Oko said operatives of NDLEA were on normal operation around Jahun – Gujungu Road where the suspect was arrested.
“The suspect, identified as Salisu Mahmuda was arrested on Sunday 4, February, 2018 with some three locally fabricated firearms (2 locally made revolver pistol, one cut to size revolver rifle) with five-rounds of live ammunition,” he said.
The NDLEA, revealed that the suspect and the exhibits recovered will soon be transferred to the state police command for discreet investigation.
The suspect, identified as Salisu Mahmouda, said he is an indigene of Kaduna state. He attended a school in Nasarawa where he later became involved collection of discarded metals between Nasarawa and Benue state.
He said two men of Tiv and Fulani ethnic nationalities respectively, ordered for firearms, and he eventually found someone who fabricated the arms for him in Labara village in Kano.
“I am able to come down here through a friend of mine whom we schooled together in Nasarawa.
He is the one that led me to the man that manufactured the firearms in Laraba village,” he said.
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