Police Arrest Soldier Supplying Armed Robbers With Guns and Ammunitions (Photo)

The Special Intelligence Response Team of the Nigerian Police have arrested a soldier who supplied arms to a seven-member gang that terrorized commercial banks in Lekki, Ikorodu, Festac and Agbara areas of Lagos and Ogun State.

some of the arrested criminals and recovered arms

 

Detectives attached to the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team have arrested a suspected arms dealer, a Lance Corporal of the Nigeria Army for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to robbers in Lagos.

 

The detectives also arrested seven members of the robbery gang. The crackdown operation on the arms suppliers was led by Abba Kyari, a Chief Superintendent of Police, and officials of the Defence Intelligence Agency. 

 

It was revealed that the Lance Corporal supplied arms to the robbery suspects who raided commercial banks in Lekki, Ikorodu, Festac and Agbara areas of Lagos and Ogun State, where they carted away large sums of money, recently.

 

According to reliable reports, the suspects  were picked up at various locations in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Borno states, reseptively, by the SIRT operatives. A member of the robbery gang told SIRT operatives that his gang received large supplies of arms and ammunition from the soldier. The soldier was posted to Borno State to fight the Boko Haram sect.

 

It was further revealed that the soldier used to conceal weapons inside food items heading to Lagos State from Borno State. The gang, which was also involved in pipeline vandalism at Ikorodu and Ijegemo areas of Lagos State, would receive the “goods” at a designated venues.

 

The gang would later credit the soldier’s bank account.

 

The bank robbers used to come through the waterways, dressed in military camouflage uniforms. Six automatic pump action rifles, a pistol and some cartridges were recovered from the suspects.

 

Sources close to the SIRT disclosed that the army  corporal  who was picked up at his duty post in Maiduguri, Borno State,  by men of the Defense Intelligence, is currently undergoing interrogations at the Defense Headquarters, Abuja.

 

It has also been revealed that a member of the gang,  who was arrested recently by the SIRT operatives, confessed  during, interrogations that his gang received large supplies of  arms and ammunition, from the soldier, who was  posted to Borno State, to fight the Boko Haram sect .

 

A source  further disclosed,  that the soldier, would  conceal weapons within food items heading to Lagos from Borno and the robbers  who were also involved in pipeline vandalism Pipeline  at Ikorodu and Ijegemo areas of Lagos, would credit his bank account upon receiving the weapon. Ayodeji Famileye, 40, the link between the robbers and arms dealer, said he sold an automatic rifle to the gang for N230,000 and he made over N60,000 on each rifle.