Two men have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Nasarawa State Command for being in possession of illegal firearm.
Nasarawa State Commander, Mr Peter Onche-Odaudu, confirmed the arrest during a news conference in Lafia on Friday.
According to him, operatives from the Keffi Area Command of the agency on motorised patrol on Keffi-Nasarawa Road on Oct. 28, 2023, stopped a commercial vehicle on routine stop and search.
He said the two suspects, identified as Ibrahim Usman, and Abdulrahman Sani, were arrested while on their way to Nasarawa-Toto.
“They were found to be in possession of a locally made pistol and one cartridge, concealed in a black polythene bag,” he said.
Onche-Odaudu further stated that the suspects had claimed that the firearm was given to them by one Sani at Tashan Yaro in Katsina State to deliver to a certain Babangida in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
He said that the suspects were informed that the said Babangida was to give them the sum of N200,000, to be shared between them.
He added that the suspects would be transferred to the police for further investigation and necessary action.
