The Nasarawa State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested two men on the Keffi– Nasarawa Road for possessing illegal firearms.

The agency’s state Commander, Peter Onche-Odaudu, made disclosure during a press conference in Lafia on Friday.

According to Mr Onche-Odaudu, operatives from the Keffi Area Command of the agency on motorised patrol along Keffi-Nasarawa Road on October 28, 2023, stopped a commercial vehicle on routine stop and search.

“During the search, the two suspects; Abdulraman Sani, aged 20 and Ibrahim Usman, 20, were arrested while on their way to Nasarawa-Toto. They were found to be in possession of a locally made pistol and one cartridge concealed in a black polythene bag,” he said.

Mr Onche-Odaudu added that the suspects claimed that the firearm was given to them by one Sani at Tashan Yaro in Katsina State to deliver to a certain Babangida in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

He said that the suspects revealed that Babangida was to give them N200, 000 for them to share.

“They acknowledged that they were in possession of illegal firearms, ’’ he said.

The state commander also said that the suspects would be transferred to the police for further investigation and necessary action.

Mr Onche-Odaudu pointed out that the agency had a good history of collaboration with other security agencies and had not been found wanting in fulfilling its obligations in that regard.

“In furtherance of this inter-agency collaboration, for instance, between 2022 and 2023 alone, at least four suspects have been transferred from us to the Nigerian Police Force,” he added.

(NAN)