- The rifles were found on December 27, 2024 on the rooftop of a building at Idunsagbe Street in the Lagos Island area of the state.
Rifles looted from police arsenal during the famous #EndSARS protest in 2020 have been recovered, the police in Lagos State have disclosed.
The Commissioner of Police, Ishola Olanrewaju, made the disclosure while parading the suspects who stole the rifles at the state command headquarters on Saturday.
According to him, the rifles were found on December 27, 2024 on the rooftop of a building at Idunsagbe Street in the Lagos Island area of the state where they were concealed in a bag.
He, however, noted that the weapons were linked to the ones carted away from Ebutte Ero Police Station during the protest.
He said, “On the 27th of December, 2024 at 14 Idunsagbe Street, Lagos Island, information was received that a bag was sighted on the rooftop at this address. Two AK 47 rifles breach number 52573, 4004855 and 07003-853 K2 assault rifles all without magazines and ammunition. This was traced to the arms and ammunition looted from our armoury at Ebutte Ero police station during the #EndSARS crisis.”
According to him, the rifles were in shabby state and had fallen into disrepair but had been refurbished by professional gun handlers in the command.
“The guns have since been united with the Divison where they were taken from,” he added.
The CP stated that the command lost three police officers while on duty in 2024.
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