A Lance Corporal of the Nigeria Army was
among eight persons arrested by the Inspector General of Police Special
Intelligence Response Team, SIRT for allegedly supplying arms and
ammunition to robbers in Lagos.
Among those the gang allegedly supplied arms
were those robbers who raided commercial banks in Lekki, Ikorodu, Festac
and Agbara areas of Lagos and Ogun State, where they carted away large sums of
money, recently.
It was gathered that the suspects were picked
up at various locations in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Borno states,
reseptively, by the SIRT operatives, led by CSP Abba Kyari, and
officials of the Defense Intelligence.
Six automatic pump action rifles, a pistol and
some cartridges were recovered from the suspects.
Sources close to the SIRT disclosed that the
army corporal who was picked up at his duty post in Maiduguri,
Borno State, by men of the Defense Intelligence, is currently undergoing
interrogations at the Defense Headquarters, Abuja.
Vanguard gathered that a member of the gang,
who was arrested recently by the SIRT operatives, confessed during,
interrogations that his gang received large supplies of arms and
ammunition, from the soldier, who was posted to Borno State, to
fight the Boko Haram sect .
A source further disclosed, that
the soldier, would conceal weapons within food items heading to Lagos
from Borno and the robbers who were also involved in pipeline vandalism
Pipeline at Ikorodu and Ijegemo areas of Lagos, would credit his bank
account upon receiving the weapons.
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