The middle-aged suspect, Babiro Laruri, who was amongst six other suspects arrested in Oturkpo, Okpokwu and Adeke in Makurdi local government area of the state for alleged illegal possession of various calibre of fire arms was caught with a G-3 rifle and twenty rounds of live ammunition.
He told his interrogators after confessing to the crime that he would lead them to recover more of the deadly weapons in his village stating that, “People have the weapons.
This is nothing compared to what we have. I am prepared to take the police to anywhere in their desire to recover more weapons.” Other suspects arrested with him were, Sule Yakubu, Musa Mohammed, Abah Jame, Peter Adaje, Samuel Mfahan and Desmond Mfahan.
The operation which lasted several days, took operatives of the command to every nook and cranny of the state, leading to the combing of suspected hideouts of criminals in parts of the state.. Recovered in the special operation were over 44 assorted firearms, 97 different live ammunition and two stolen cars said to have been used by the criminals in different operations.
Parading the suspects at the Command headquarters, the Commissioner of Police attributed the the arrest to the all-out war declared on undesirable elements in the state in the last few weeks, after he assumed duties. According to Yakadi, among those arrested was a four-man notorious robbery gang that specialized in laying siege on the popular Otukpo-Enugu road, at Ugbokolo, where unsuspecting motorists were robbed almost every night.
He said his men also nabbed one Babiri Laruri at Anyii in Logo local government area with one G-3 rifle numbered 69097266 with 10 rounds of live ammunition
culled: The Vanguard News
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