ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi-
A middle-aged man, Adamu Sule, has been arrested by the Police for reporting the discovery of over 300 ammunitions in a house he rented in Bauchi metropolis.
Sule, who spoke to journalists while being paraded at the Police Headquarters on Thursday, alongside three others, denied knowledge of the ammunitions adding that all he did when he discovered the ammunitions was to report to a vigilante group.
He said: “I rented an apartment and when I collected the key and I opened it with the intention of cleaning it. When I entered inside it, I discovered some things inside. So, I called Yan Komiti (Local Vigilante) and they came and took the things away.”
Sule’s friend, Muhammed Sanusi, who got the house for him said: “My friend asked me to look for a house for him to rent, I got the house for him through a friend who I do the same kind of business with. I don’t know what was found in the house. I don’t even know who stayed in that house last.”
Abba Sai’du who said that the house belongs to his mother’s younger sister, explained that an Immigration Personnel working in Adamawa State, Sirajo Kawuwa, was the last tenant to live in the house.
Sai’du told journalists: “I don’t know of anything like this in the house. All I know is that last Friday, he (Talba) came and collected the key to the apartment they rented. I didn’t talk with him till the next day when he called me to tell me that he has gotten someone who wants to rent the house but his money isn’t complete.
“The rent is N75,000 but he told me that the man has only N30,000 promising that after eight days, the balance will be paid but they won’t pack into the house.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Wakil, told journalists that the four suspects were arrested in connection with the case adding that its men got information about the bullets and Nigerian Immigration Service uniforms stocked in a four bedroom apartment and deployed its operatives to carry out a warrant of arrest.
He said that 204 ammunitions were first recovered the house located in Kofa Dumi saying that their second search revealed additional 144 live ammunitions including two anti aircraft bullets.
“We found two anti-aircraft (AA), one used shell of AA, two used shells of MG ammunition. We also found uniforms belonging to Immigration,” he said.
SP Wakil, said the four suspects will be charged to Court pointing out that if they are guilty, they will be prosecuted but if they are innocent, they will be granted bail.
He said: “These are the four suspects we arrested in connection to this case. All what they are saying, they may be right and they may be wrong. We are expanding our investigation to know the extend how and where hey were found wanting.
“We will profile them and charge them to Court. If they are not found wanting, we will release them on bail.
“I want to use this medium to call on members of the public that knowing their neighbour is very important. They have to give the Police information and I can assure them that whenever they give us information, we’ll use it with utmost confidentiality.”
NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that the Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, had ordered for the demolition of the four bedroom apartment where the ammunitions were found.
The Governor Mohammed who was represented by the Chief of Staff, Goverment House, Dr. Ladan Salihu, said the demolition order was necessary in order to serve as deterent for others.
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