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By Taiwo Ogunniyi, Ilorin
The Kwara State Police Command has recovered two AK-47 rifles, three magazines and 42 rounds of live ammunition during a stop-and-search operation in Ilorin, leading to the discovery of a suspected gun-running network.
The weapons were recovered from a bag inside a commercial vehicle intercepted along the Alapa–Okolowo axis of Ilorin.
According to a statement issued yesterday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the suspect, identified as 30-year-old Umaru M., initially denied ownership of the bag.
The police said further investigation led to a breakthrough after Umaru allegedly admitted that he was conveying the firearms and ammunition.
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He reportedly told investigators that the weapons were handed to him by a suspected member of a gun-running network identified as Dan Yarubawa, for onward delivery to another individual, identified as Dahiru, outside Kwara State.
The Command said efforts had been intensified to arrest the other suspects and unravel the full extent of the alleged gun-running network.
The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, CP Adekimi Ojo, assured residents that the Command would sustain intelligence-led and proactive operations aimed at identifying and disrupting threats to public safety.
He urged members of the public to provide timely and credible information to the police, stressing that public support remained crucial to maintaining peace and security in the state.
