Police recover 125 arms, arrest 5 suspects in Edo

The police in Edo State have recovered 125 arms and 167 live ammunition in compliance with the Inspector-General of Police’s directive on arms mopup nationwide.

Addressing journalists yesterday in Benin, the Commissioner of Police, Babatunde Kokumo, said that nine AK-47 rifles; 15 pump action guns; 38 Dane guns and 23 locally made cut-tosize single barrel guns were recovered during the operation.

He also said 12 locally made single barrel pistols; six locally made double barrel pistols; seven single barrel English made guns; one G-3 rifle; one TO6 rifle; one K2 rifle; one Beretta rifle and two English pistols were recovered.

He disclosed that 154 live cartridges were mopped up with five suspects arrested during the month-long operation.

Kokumo said arrested suspects among the were three suspected kidnappers - Daniel Kolade, Amos Oja and Osaro Oja - who were members of the gang that threatened to kidnap a man identified as Reuben if he refused to pay N1 million into a bank account.

He said items recovered from the suspects included one AK47 rifle; one pump action gun; two double barrel guns and one cut-to-size double barrel gun.

Others were: two Dane guns; nine 7.62mm calibre live ammunition; seven live cartridges and one Infinix cell phone with two SIM cards.

Kokumo also disclosed that another suspect was arrested by the command for conspiring with others still at large to rob one Jackson Okuomoise.

He said the suspected robbers also abducted the victim’s friend and shot him.

He said that three pump action guns; three cut-tosize double barrel guns; three cut-to-size pistols and six live cartridges were recovered from the suspects.