Friday, October 2, 2026 - The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two suspected gunrunners and seized a gun from them.
According to the command, the arrest was made on Wednesday,
September 30, 2026, when operatives of the State Intelligence Department acted
on intelligence and went after the suspects at Cham, a community in Gombe
State.
The Adamawa State Police Public Relations Officer, SP
Suleiman Nguroje, who disclosed this on Thursday, said the suspects were caught
red-handed while transacting in illegal firearms.
They were arrested on suspicion of illegal possession of and
dealing in firearms.
Nguroje identified the suspects as Commander Barde, 54, of
Zakawon Village, Guyuk Local Government Area, Adamawa State, and Abdullahi
Musa, 51, of Ga’anda, Gombi Local Government Area, also in Adamawa State.
“One locally fabricated Dane gun was recovered from them as
exhibit,” Nguroje said, adding those preliminary investigations revealed that
the suspects had long been involved in illegal arms dealing, as they had
confessed that it was not their first transaction.
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