Police arrest 22-year-old over unlawful possession of fire arm

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A 22-year-old Anambra-bound male passenger, one Francis Obinna Okoye, has been arrested by operatives of the Edo State Police Command over alleged possession of firearm.

The police said that the suspect was discovered to have been in unlawful possession of the firearm upon a stop-and-search of the vehicle carrying Okoye and others to Anambra State along Lagos-Benin expressway by Ovia River.

According to the press statement issued by the state police image-maker, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, the suspect upon interrogation confessed one Emma whose surname was not given as the person who gave him the gun .

“On 07/04/2024 at about 0230hrs the operatives of the command monitoring unit while on…



Source: Nigerian Tribune