Easter Salifu
Officers of Plateau State Police Command, has arrested a middle- aged man who was caught while trying to deliver arms to bandits in Jos.
It was learnt that the suspect was arrested opposite the NTA Park in Jos .
Speaking to PUNCH, the Chairman of the Jos NTA Park, Ibrahim Maikwudi confirmed that the suspect was trying to get in touch with the bandit that was when they suspected that something was wrong.
Maikwudi revealed how the suspect was nearly lynched by an angry mob before he was rescued by the security operatives, he said: “It was the security men who came on time that saved the suspect. It was around 5 pm yesterday that the man came and was opposite NTA park at the junction leading to the state Secretariat.
“He was just going up and down making calls and informing some people that he was just at the NTA park for them to come and collect their delivery. So, two men were nearby watching and listening to his calls and suspected something was wrong.
“The two men could not approach the suspect but when our people were called, our boys now approached him, and asked him some questions but his answers did not add up.
“So, they caught him and collected a bag he was holding.
“The man protested but when they opened the bag, behold, it was full of arms and ammunition.
“It was then that people tried to beat him up but we rushed to call the police because we feared the mob might kill him there. He confessed that he was not the only one on the mission to Jos but they are many others.
“So that’s how men from the Special Investigations Bureau unit of the Police came and arrested and took him into custody”.
Seven of the bandits were also reportedly in an aggressive onslaught by a combined team of DSS and other security operatives in Bangalala Forest of Wase Local Government Area.
