Police nab suspected kidnapper attempting to purchase N1.6m AK-47 rifle

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspected subordinate of a kidnapping gang, identified arsenic Sanda Aliyu, implicit an alleged program to acquisition an AK-47 firearm for N1.6 cardinal successful Kaiama Local Government Area of the state.

Aliyu was arrested by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Section connected August 3, 2026, pursuing actionable quality that helium was negotiating with 1 Aliyu Mohammed, who is presently astatine large, for the procurement of the firearm.

The constabulary said detectives instantly commenced an cognition based connected the quality and apprehended Aliyu earlier the limb could beryllium delivered.

According to a connection issued on Thursday by the authorities Police Public Relations Officer, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the fishy admitted during interrogation that helium was progressive successful the attempted arms transaction.

“The fishy voluntarily admitted his engagement successful the transaction and disclosed that N1.6 cardinal had already been paid towards the acquisition of the rifle.

“He further revealed that the intent of acquiring the firearm was to alteration him to emergence to the presumption of a ‘Boss’ wrong his existent kidnapping pack earlier yet breaking distant to found and pb ...