Thousands of arms, ammunition recovered from son of police officer

Thousands of arms, ammunition recovered from son of police officer

A young man arrested by the police in Kwara State has said that the thousands of arms and ammunition found in their home belonged to his slain father who was an Assistant Commissioner of Police.

According to the youngman identified as
Momoh Ogirimah, his late father was in charge
of operations and led a team of policemen two
years ago who were ambushed by Ombatse cult
members in Nassarawa State.

The arms and ammunition recovered from him
include one Baretta pistol with number
A07078Z said to belong to the Ondo State
Command, one revolver pistol with number
RUHMRG799ABL said not to be on the record of
any command in the country and one locally-
made pistol.

Others include 133 pieces of 7.62mm
ammunition, 28 pieces of .9mm ammunition,
22 pieces of 7.6mm ammunition, three
bulletproof vests, one respirator, one complete
set of body protector, three blasts, one hand
grenade, 11 smoke cartridges, 86 life
cartridges, 42 pieces of 5.56mm ammunition,
two pieces of .36mm ammunition, 27 live
rubber cartridges, nine .9mm rubber bullets
and one anti-riot helmet.

The suspect, a graduate of Industrial
Engineering from Ajayi Crowther University,
Oyo, in Oyo State,  claimed he discovered the cache of
arms in their home a few months after the
death of the ACP.

He was arrested after he threatened
someone with one of the guns. The scared
victim had dashed to the police to report. A
search of the house by the police revealed the
armoury.