Tuesday, August 2o, 2024 - A Nigerian soldier has been arrested for alleged possession of illegal ammunition in Borno State.
Sergeant Saad Adamu, with service number
05NA/56/385, was reportedly found with 485 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition
and 2 magazines concealed in cartons of dry fish.
Sergeant Adamu, deployed to 3 Division of
the Nigerian Army, had left his unit in Jos, Plateau State to Maiduguri without
pass in order to further his gunrunning activities.
Upon his arrest, he confessed to working
with Sergeant Dalhatu Murtala 07NA/60/0940, who was the armourer of 19 Brigade
Garrison of the Army. In fact, Sergeant Adamu told investigators that the
ammunition was supplied to him by Sergeant Murtala.
Murtala was thereafter arrested in the Baga
road general area of operation.
According to a military signal, a breakdown
of the ammunition and magazine in possession of Sergeant Adamu include 313
rounds of 7.62mm PKT ammunition, 172 rounds of 7.62mm special and and two
magazines.
These were concealed inside Bagco super bag
mixed with cucumber and dry fish.
Investigations into the arms racketeering
are being led by the 7 Division Provost Group.
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