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By Kingsley Omonobi
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 9 suspects and dismantled respective gun-running and arms proviso syndicates operating crossed Nasarawa, Plateau, Kaduna, and Taraba States successful the past month.
Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this connected Thursday successful Abuja, noting that the operations led to the betterment of a ample cache of firearms and ammunition.
Recovered items included 7 AK-47 rifles, 2 AK-49 rifles, 5 pump-action rifles, 15 magazines, 1 locally fabricated AK-47 rifle, 1 abbreviated rifle, 1 locally made pistol, 1 axe, six machetes, 615 rounds of unrecorded ammunition of assorted calibres, and fourteen expended cartridges.
According to Hundeyin, operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) arrested the suspects pursuing credible intelligence.
On August 30, 2025, constabulary operatives arrested Bello Lado (40), alias Bingel; Jafar Adam (25); Adamu Yusuf (46), alias Alh. Bete; and Yusuf Ibrahim (52), alias Chairman Doka successful Nasarawa and Plateau States. Two AK-47 rifles and 21 rounds of unrecorded ammunition were recovered from them.
Investigations revealed that the radical had conspired since 2022 to commercialized astir 4,940 rounds of unrecorded ammunition. Efforts are ongoing to way different members of the syndicate inactive astatine large.
In different operation, acting connected a petition from acrophobic citizens of Nasarawa State, IRT operatives arrested Alhaji Bature Manya (46) of Okpatta Village, Doma LGA. He was recovered with an AK-49 firearm and a magazine.
Similarly, connected September 27, 2025, operatives arrested Yunana Iliya (34), alias Bado, successful Kanrafi Village, Kaduna State. Investigations revealed helium and 3 accomplices, presently connected the run, were progressive successful the amerciable proviso of arms to bandits.
On September 18, 2025, IRT officers apprehended Yusuf Musa (alias Dare) and Mohammadu Jafaru (alias Mu’a’fe) successful Taraba State. The suspects were portion of a web supplying arms to transgression gangs crossed Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba, and Benue States. Police recovered an AK-49 firearm and 30 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition.
Hundeyin said further probe showed that the weapons were utilized for equipped robbery, kidnapping, cattle rustling, and inter-communal attacks.
On October 6, 2025, constabulary arrested Alhaji Jibrin Abubakar (40), alias Alh. Majoye, of Dogon Ruwan Jahr Village successful Plateau State. A fabricated AK-47 firearm was recovered from him. He is reportedly a subordinate of a notorious syndicate operating crossed Plateau, Bauchi, and Nasarawa States.
Hundeyin assured that investigations are ongoing to apprehend different members of the transgression networks and retrieve further arms successful circulation.
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