Operatives of Edo State Police Command’s Monitoring Unit have arrested a 22-year- old man, Francis Obinna Okoye for alleged possession of firearm.
A statement by the Command’s spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspect was apprehended by the operatives while on stop and search duty along Lagos-Benin expressway, by Ovia river axis.
He noted that a blue-coloured pos machine was also recovered from him.
Okoye who resides at No 26, Jatto Street, Okolo, Lagos State, was arrested on 7 April, 2024.
He was intercepted in a commercial bus loaded with passengers from Lagos state heading to Anambra state.
The suspect allegedly confessed in his statement that one Emma whose surname is unknown, gave him the gun to threaten his uncle, Mr. Paul Okoye, who was alleged to have killed his father with chams.
However, when operatives of the Command took him to Lagos on Monday, 8 April, 2024, to arrest Mr. Paul Okoye, they found out that the suspect lied to the operatives.
“The suspect will soon be process to court,” the Edo Police Command spokesperson said.
