Men of the Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested a 16-year-old job-seeker, Esther Yakubu, for allegedly being in possession of three guns.
The firearms allegedly belonged to her boyfriend, Manu John, 25, who is at large.
Yakubu said she met John last week Monday in Jos, Plateau State, adding that the fleeing John promised to assist her in getting a job.
She said, “The following day, which was Tuesday, he called me so that we could come to Abuja together. I was alone in his room at Mararaba on Friday when policemen came in and searched the place and found three guns hidden in the ceiling and I was arrested. I had never set my eyes on him before. We just met at the Jos terminus.”
Confirming the arrest to Northern City News in Lafia, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kennedy Idirisu, said the suspect was arrested on a tip-off.
He added that a police team from ‘A’ Division, Mararaba also raided a criminals’ hideout in the area and arrested seven suspected armed robbers – four boys and three girls.
Items recovered from the armed robbery suspects include a foreign pistol, a locally-fabricated pistol with 9mm live ammunitions and another locally-made revolver pistol.
Idirisu revealed that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad on July 19, 2017 intercepted a Bajaj motorcycle with two armed robbery suspects and recovered two AK 47 rifles with live ammunition from them.
They were said to be returning from a robbery operation in Obi and Keana local government areas of the state.
He said one of the suspects escaped through the bush while the other suspect was shot in his right leg while trying to escape.
He added that one AK47 rifle was recovered from him.
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