Kwara Police uncover ammunition hidden inside garri bag, arrest kidnapper, cultists

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested 3 suspects for alleged possession of ammunition concealed successful a container of garri, and six others for assorted transgression offenses including cultism and kidnapping.

The authorities Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo, disclosed this astatine a property briefing connected breakthroughs of the bid successful the crusade against criminality crossed the authorities successful the past 2 months.

According to him, “One of the astir striking operations occurred connected April 10,2026, on Ajase-Ipo Road, wherever operatives intercepted an unregistered Toyota Previa conveyance entering the authorities from Kogi state.

“A hunt of the conveyance led to the find of 98 rounds of unrecorded ammunition hidden wrong a container of garri.

” Three suspects were linked to the operation, portion 1 of them allegedly received N1.3 cardinal to procure the ammunition. Efforts are ongoing to apprehension different fleeing members of the syndicate,” helium added.

In a abstracted case, the constabulary commissioner revealed that operatives arrested 2 suspected cultists, Lukman Abdul-Salam, besides known arsenic “Ijaya,” and Aliu Ismaila, alias “Gambia,” implicit a store breaking incidental successful Odota country of Ilorin metropolis wherever goods worthy astir N2.5 cardinal were stolen.

“Although the suspects denied engagement successful the theft, they admitted belonging to the E...