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22-year-old Anambra-bound bus passenger arrested with gun, pos machine in Edo

 

A 22-year-old man, Francis Obinna Okoye, has been arrested by operatives of Edo State Police Command’s Monitoring Unit for alleged possession of firearm.

Also recovered from him was a blue-coloured pos machine.

Okoye who resides at No 26, Jatto Street, Okolo, Lagos State, was arrested on 7 April, 2024.

A statement by the Command’s spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspect was apprehended by the operatives while on stop and search duty along Lagos-Benin expressway, by Ovia river axis.
He was intercepted in a commercial bus loaded with passengers from Lagos state heading to Anambra state.

The suspect allegedly confessed in his statement that one Emma whose surname is unknown, gave him the gun to threaten his uncle, Mr. Paul Okoye, who was alleged to have killed his father with chams.
However, when operatives of the Command took him to Lagos on Monday, 8 April, 2024, to arrest Mr. Paul Okoye, they found out that the suspect lied to the operatives.
“The suspect will soon be process to

court,” the Edo Police Command spokesperson said.

Adewale Nurudeen

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