MAN SUPPLYING ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO BANDITS CAUGHT IN PLATEAU

Babatunji Wusu –

The Plateau State Police Command apprehended a middle-aged man who attempted to transfer a supply of rifles and ammunition to suspected bandits in Jos.

The suspect, who arrived in Jos from Zamfara State on Wednesday evening, was detained outside the NTA Park in Jos while attempting to deliver the weaponry to the robbers.

Confirming the occurrence on Thursday, Ibrahim Maikwudi, Chairman of the Jos NTA Park, told Punch that an irate mob nearly lynched the culprit before security personnel saved him.

Maikwudi stated that the suspect admitted to delivering arms to bandits, but he was not the only one participating in the operation.

He said, “It was the security men who came on time that saved the suspect. It was around 5 pm yesterday that the man came and was opposite NTA park at the junction leading to the state Secretariat.

“He was just going up and down making calls and informing some people that he was just at the NTA park for them to come and collect their delivery. So, two men were nearby watching and listening to his calls and suspected something was wrong.

“The two men could not approach the suspect but when our people were called, our boys now approached him, and asked him some questions but his answers did not add up.

“So, they caught him and collected a bag he was holding.

“The man protested but when they opened the bag, behold, it was full of arms and ammunition.

“It was then that people tried to beat him up but we rushed to call the police because we feared the mob might kill him there. He confessed that he was not the only one on the mission to Jos but they are many others.

“So that’s how men from the Special Investigations Bureau unit of the Police came and arrested and took him into custody.”

Meanwhile, as of the time this story was posted, the Plateau Police Command has not issued a statement.