Police sources said the suspect was conveying the ammunition to some communities in crisis-ravaged Plateau State.
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old man, Likita Abubakar, who was reportedly conveying 53 AK-47 Magazines and 260 rounds of live ammunition.
Police sources said the suspect was conveying the ammunition to some communities in crisis-ravaged Plateau State.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, told Daily Trust that the suspect was arrested in Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa State.
The joint security operatives in Akwanga, Nasarawa State arrested the suspected bandit with the rounds of ammunition, being conveyed on a motorcycle.
Abubakar was caught by Joint Task Force of the men of the Nasarawa Police Command and operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps on Saturday.
“According to the information issued by the JTF, the suspect was a Fulani herder identified as Likita, heading to the crisis-laden Jos, the capital city of the neighbouring state, Plateau,” a source said.
Likita, during, interrogation confessed that other members of his gangs numbering six were already on their way via motorcycles to the same destination.
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As of the time of filing this report Likita was detained at the Akwanga Police Divisional Headquarters, Nasarawa State.
Plateau was recently placed under curfew due to major security breaches in some parts of the state while students were being evacuated by various states governments to safety.
Three women were killed in Bassa Local Government Area of the state on Thursday despite the presence of security agencies in Jos North LGA.
It is earlier reported that, following the unrest in Jos, Plateau, over 279 students who are natives and residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, schooling in various institutions in Jos, have been evacuated by the Abuja Original Youths Empowerment Organisation (AOIYEO), in collaboration with National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).
Isaac David, President of AOIYEO, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja.
According to him, the evacuation of the students was necessary to forestall the death of indigenes and residents of Abuja schooling in Jos.
Mr David said that all the buses sent to convey the students from their various schools arrived Abuja safely.
He said another round of evacuation would be made on August 21, to ensure that all natives and residents of Abuja were brought back home, pending when normalcy returns to Jos.
“As FCT indigenous people, we have to carry out our civic responsibilities as indigenous organisation.
With the little resources at our disposal, we achieved major results.
“Our citizens studying in Plateau state were stranded in the area as a result of the curfew imposed on some local government areas by the state government.
“We closely monitored the situation and collaborated with the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to ensure the safe evacuation of our citizens,” he said.
