Mr Ali Janga, the Commissioner of Police in the state, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the arrest of an alleged gun runner and the recovery of fire arms in Lokoja. He said that the arms were recovered from suspected militias, bandits, vigilance groups, Neighbourhood watch and other groups and individuals. Janga said the arms include: 21 AK 47 Rifles, 14 Pump-action gun; eight Double Barrels; 69 Single barrel, 166 Dane guns, 134 locally made pistols, 40 Pistols; one G3 and four Barretta pistols. In a related development, the Police Command in Kogi said it had arrested a suspected gun-runner, Inusa Abdullahi, 25 and Ibrahim Achimugu, a vigilance group member with firearm. He said Achimugu confessed to have bought the gun for N11, 000 from one Abdullahi of Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Source: Punch April 19, 2018 15:45 UTC