April 28, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT), have arrested seven suspected arm dealers in Jos, the Plateau State capital and Taraba state.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a briefing on Thursday in Abuja, said several dangerous ammunitions, including 57 AK47 rifles and a large catchment were recovered from the suspects.
According to the statement, the development followed the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba’s recent charge to the men of the Nigeria Police Force to be dauntless in the fight against crime and criminality in the country.
He listed the suspects arrested in Jos to include Hamza Zakari aka Hamzo, aged 20, Abubakar Muhammed aka Fancy, aged 22, Umar Ibrahim, aged 25 and Muhammed Abdulkarim, aka Dan-Asabe, aged 37, all males and residents of Jos.
According to him, the suspects were arrested following credible intelligence on their nefarious activities in Jos and its environs.
“The suspects, who confessed to their involvement in arms dealings and other criminal acts, have been identified as one of the major links for the supply of arms and ammunition to criminal elements terrorising the state and some other parts of the country.
“The investigation team is on the trail of their accomplices and they are closing in on them.
“Similarly, operatives of the FIB-IRT acting on a tip-off have smashed and arrested three suspected gun runners in Ibi LGA of Taraba State.
“The suspects, Bello Sani, Venab Puncat and Yusuf Nahoda, all of Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba, during interrogation confessed to have purchased one AK47 rifle, and one SMG rifle at the cost of Nine Hundred Thousand Naira (N900,000).
“Concerted effort has been activated to arrest their collaborators and recover the exhibits”, the statement partly read.
Adejobi noted that the arrested suspects will be arraigned in court upon conclusion of investigations.
He noted that the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, commended the successes recorded by the FIB-IRT, and reassured members of the public of his administration’s commitment to the fight against common enemies of the nation.
