Olaleye Aluko, AbujaThe Nigerian Army said on Sunday that its troops had recovered a large cache of arms along Agbura-Otuoke Road in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The troops, said to be on a raid on Sunday, recovered arms including two AK-47 rifles and two G3 rifles along the road that leads to Otuoke, the hometown of former President Goodluck Jonathan. SEE ALSO: Police catch drug dealers with $1.3m heroin hidden in fire extinguishersOur correspondent learnt that the troops, while conducting a search in the house of a suspected militant leader, Emmanuel Lawson, discovered the large quantity of arms and ammunition. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen. Texas Chukwu, who confirmed the arrest in a statement late on Sunday, said Lawson’s suspected accomplice, one Mrs. Ebikaboere Emmanuel, was arrested. (Visited 819 times, 139 visits today)

Source: Punch July 29, 2018 21:11 UTC