Suspected arms supplier hides gun in bag of garri

Operatives of the Special Tactical Squad have arrested a 30-year-old woman identified as Hauwa Yusuf for hiding one AK-47 and four AK magazines inside a sack of garri.

Yusuf was arrested along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway during a stop-and-search operation.

The Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this while parading suspects at the STS Headquarters in Abuja on Friday.

Adejobi added that Yusuf confessed that a notorious bandit terrorising Katsina State, Aminu Basullube, sent her to take delivery of the arms in Danum Madam Camp, Katsina State.

Adejobi said, “On August 14, 2024, just recently,  acting on intelligence, operatives of STS intercepted one Hauwa Yusuf ‘F’ 30 years of Dutsin-Ma LGA of Katsina State.

“The suspect was arrested while in transit from Lafia, Nasarawa State, to Katsina State, inside a Sienna Bus along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway.

“A search was conducted and one AK-47 rifle without breach number and four AK magazines concealed inside a white sack of garri were recovered from the suspect.

“During interrogation, the suspect confessed that it was one Aminu Basullube, a notorious bandit terrorising Katsina State general axis who sent her to take delivery of the arms in Danum Madam Camp, Katsina State.”

Fielding questions from journalists, Yusuf said she didn’t know a gun was concealed in the sack of garri.

She said, “I never knew that it was an arm that was inside. They asked me to go and bring millet. Unfortunately, they did not bring garri for me. Even when I saw the thing, I was apprehensive.”

Adejobi also said a team of operatives attached to the FID-STS left for Igbowo in Oyo State to investigate the activities of Musa Saidu on April 29.