- Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy at NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja, confirmed this arrest in a press statement released on Sunday
A 28-year-old female, identified as Bilkisu Suleman, was recently apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on the Kano expressway for supplying ammunition to bandits.
She was found in possession of 249 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition concealed in a black bag within her handbag.
Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy at NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja, confirmed this arrest in a press statement released on Sunday.
The apprehension of Suleman was part of a larger operation that led to the arrest of 12 other suspects across various states including Kaduna, Lagos, Niger, Kogi, Kano, Borno, and Osun.
The statement reads in part, “Bilkisu was arrested on Wednesday, 3rd January by NDLEA officers on patrol along Zaria – Kano expressway in possession of 249 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition concealed in a black nylon bag kept in her lady’s handbag.
“She was on her way to deliver the ammunition to an identified bandit in Kakumi village, Katsina state when she was nabbed after which she was transferred to the Kaduna state command of the Nigeria Police Force for further investigation.
“The military authorities at the Bonny camp cantonment in Lagos on Tuesday, 2nd January transferred a suspect, Francis Suru, 37 and 63 jumbo bags of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 2,104.2 kilograms and a truck to the Lagos state command of NDLEA.
“The suspect and the drug exhibits were earlier intercepted by NDLEA officers on 12th December 2023 close to the gate of the military cantonment in Bonny Camp, Victoria Island. Some armed escorts however resorted to sporadic shooting to obstruct the operation, a development which attracted soldiers from the cantonment, who eventually intervened and took custody of the consignment and suspect before transferring them to the Agency.”
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