Police Arrest Supplier of AK47 to Herdsmen In Enugu

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Enugu State Police Command Tuesday announced the arrest of a man who allegedly supplies arms, especially AK47 to Fulani herdsmen.

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The arrest was made by operatives of the 9th Mile Division in Udi Local Government Area of the state.

A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Superintendent of Police (SP) Ebere Amaraizu said: “The police today 6th December, 2016 nabbed a suspected notorious gun runner who allegedly supplied AK-47 rifle to one herdsman Ibrahim Adamu earlier arrested by the command.

“Suspect who gave his name as one Samaila Garuba Alhaji AKA BAKASI was earlier implicated by Ibrahim Adamu as the one that sold the AK-47 rifle to him but following Adamu’s arrest, Samaila Garuba Alhaji escaped when he got the information about the arrest of Ibrahim Adamu.”

According to Amaraizu, luck, however, ran out on “Bakasi” when intelligence information gleamed by the operatives paid off as he was trailed to a motor park situated at 9th Mile in Enugu in the early hours of Tuesday where he was nabbed after a failed effort by him to escape.