The Nigeria Police Force has discovered an illegal weapons manufacturing factory at Tse Akamabe Area of Kwande LGA, Benue State where two suspects were arrested. The suspects are Friday Aduduakambe and Iorwashima Iornyume alias “AK” aged 35yrs.
Recovered from them were nine locally fabricated pistols, one locally fabricated Ak47 riffle (unfinished), two gas cylinders, four vise machines, one filing machine and numerous other weapons manufacturing tools.
In another development, police operatives attached to the Delta State Command raided an apartment in DSC belonging to a notorious eiye confraternity member named Prosper Akeni aged 32yrs, a hit man for the cult group.
Recovered from the apartment were one English revolver pistol, one berretta pistol, two locally made double barrel gun, two locally made single barrel gun, one locally made revolver pistol, one locally made single barrel pistol and 25 rounds of ammunition.
The suspect confessed the guns recovered belonged to his cult group and he was in custody of them as the number one man in the group.
The police authority also revealed that two persons were arrrested in Kebbi State for stabbing two persons, of which one died.
According to the police statement, one suspect, “Abubakar Ummar, was arrested in Zuru Village on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 for stabbing Mohammed Bala during an argument leading to his immediate demise.
Likewise, on December 31, 2024, police arrested Yunusa Haruna, a 25-year-old male from Bakin Turu Village in Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi State, who fatally stabbed his elder brother, Isiyaku Haruna, with a sharp knife in the chest.
