The owner of an abandoned vehicle in which an AK-47 rifle was discovered, Mallam Abubakar Adamu has been arrested by soldiers from the Nigerian Army, 6 Brigade in Jalingo, Taraba State.
The soldiers, on September 5, intercepted a suspicious blue Toyota Yaris with registration number: Taraba KLD 652 XA, on Wukari-Jalingo road with AK-47 rifle and other incriminating items hidden inside the vehicle.
The deputy spokesman of the brigade, Captain Oni Olubodunde, who disclosed this said the suspect admitted to sending the vehicle’s driver (at large) to transport the weapon from Gindin Doruwa village to Wukari LGA.
“The arrest took place in Mutum Biyu, the headquarters of Gassol Local Government Area. Along with Adamu, authorities apprehended Mallam Isah Ibrahim, a union driver believed to be an accomplice. Both suspects are currently in custody and undergoing further interrogation to uncover the extent of their criminal activities and assist in apprehending the fugitive driver,” he said.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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