Operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) have
arrested a 32-year-old gunrunner, Mallam Bello Dakogol, in Bauchi with a 15 AK
47 rifles.
The rifles were cleverly concealed in Dakogol’s Navy blue Toyota Solara car with registration Lagos 605 EKY.
Dakogol hails from Kwalla village in Quan-Pang Local government area of Plateau state and specialises in arm trafficking.
Investigations revealed that the suspect picked up the guns from his contact man in Gamboru Ngala local government area of Borno State.
Parading the suspects before reporters in Bauchi, the DSS spokesman, Kabiru Abdulsanda, said the arrest was based on support from the Army and Police in the State.
Abdulsanda disclosed that the suspects were able to supply 41 AK47 riffles between July 2013 and January 2014 to members of his criminal syndicate.
The suspect confessed that he used to supply the arms to criminal groups in Jos.
Dakogol further informed that he has successfully carried out five runs but was nabbed during his sixth attempt to transport the fire arms from Borno to Plateau State.
He also disclosed that he got N100, 000 on each successful run besides having N30, 000.
When asked how he was able to beat security checks, he replied:” I used to load the fire arms under the boot. So when I get to security check points, they only check the surface of the boot while some will pass me without conducting any check because of the beauty of the car.’’
Source: The Nation
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