From Yakubu Mustapha Minna
Niger State Police Command has arrested one Mohammed Bande a.k.a Kachalla of Saminaka village, Lapai LGA, with the sum of N1.207 million.
He was arrested by the operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit attached to SCID Minna.
The suspect based on credible intelligence was arrested in Lambata area of Gurara LGA for being suspected to be in possession of cash to purchase arms and ammunition.
During interrogation, he confessed that the money was given to him by one Gora of same village presently at large, to meet a yet-to-be-identified arms dealer at Lambata to procure AK-47 ammunition.
He further said that the purpose of the intended procurement was to boost their arms capacity for continued kidnapping and cattle rustling activities around Saminaka, Lapai, Lambata and its environs, while he also said that he was promised two hundred and fifty thousand naira for the transaction.
However, effort is ongoing to apprehend the said Gora who is on the run, with a view to arresting others, as the suspect is under investigation in SCID Minna.
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