Operatives of Benue State Police Command have uncovered
another firearms manufacturing site at Ikache village in Oju local government
area of the state, recovering locally fabricated firearms at different levels
of completion while the alleged arms manufacturer, a 37-year-old father of
five, Orohu Akodi was also caught.
This is coming about two months after troops of the military
spike operation in the state codenamed ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’ uncovered a
similar plant in Logo local government area of the state.
Parading the arms manufacturer yesterday in Makurdi
alongside 18 other robberies and kidnap suspects arrested with over 30
different calibres of firearms and live ammunition in various parts of the
state, the Police Commissioner Garba Mukaddas said the suspect was arrested
following a tip-off.
“We gathered the information that he manufactures prohibited
firearms and supplies same to criminals. Our investigation led to his arrest
and a search in his house led to the recovery of three assorted live
ammunition, two empty shells of expended ammunition and parts of locally made
guns,” Mukaddas said.
The alleged arms manufacturer in his confessional statement
to reporters said, “I have been in the business of manufacturing guns for over
seven years though I hardly stay at home, I always travel to Lagos because my
family reside there.
“Most of the guns I made were for people from Cross River
State. When they had their crisis sometime back, some of the people needed guns
and they approached me to manufacture for them I did and I sold each to them
for as low as N7,000.”
The Police Commissioner assured that the Command would carry
out a thorough investigation into the respective cases of the suspects and
arraign them accordingly.
Meanwhile, the command has flagged off “Operation Puff
Adder” in the state to tackle incidences of kidnappings and criminality with a
charge on the populace, religious and traditional leaders, youth groups and
cooperative unions to join the fight against heinous crimes in the state.
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