There was tension at the Onitsha Main Market yesterday
when the Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) invaded the market to arrest a notorious
arms dealer, Alphonsus Ngwu.
Ngwu’s men tried
to prevent his arrest. But he was shot while trying to escape during a
commotion.
The shots
created tension, as traders scampered for safety.
The SARS team
recovered over 8,000 rounds of live ammunition from his shop.
Others are: six
pump action, one revolver, 6,390 live cartridges, 62 rounds of 5.65mm live
ammunition, 74 rounds of 9mm live ammunition, 100 rounds of air rifle
ammunition, 12 magazines for AK 47, 2 magazines for k-2 rifle, dismantled parts
of AK-47, GPMG ammunition and one smoke cartridge.
Commissioner of
Police Gwary Usman described Ngwu as special arms dealer and smuggler.
He hailed the
SARS team, led by James Nwafor.
Ngwu, from
Ugwuoba in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State, told the reporters
the items were recovered from his shop and promised to lead Nwafor to his
warehouse.
But he said he
was not involved in robbery or kidnapping.
He said he had
been in the business for 15 years, adding that he gets his arms from abroad.
The suspect
alleged that a man from the North was his contact man.
The police
alleged that he was behind communal clashes in the country, as he supplies arms
to warring communities and dealers, who sell to robbers.
From a record of
his sales, it was learnt that he sells two pieces of AK 47 for N620,000.
From the
addresses in the log book, the police alleged that he sponsored the Ezza/Ezilo
war, among others.
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Wicked man ur bro n sis r dieing in d north nd u r there busy supplin dem with d arms dy'r usin 2 kill ur own bro afta we'll blame d northerners nt knwn sum of d easterners r involved. God judge u one by one u all will b exposed u beta open up n let us knw who is d man
ReplyDeleteThis is what the government want fellow nigerians to believe that the average nigerian is an enemy of his brother instead of the government..how sure are we this man made this statement on his own?or the man was reading a written statement prepared for him by the policemen?if really he sell gun to the northerner..how come vehicle conveying these guns move from onitsha to borno and other parts of the with heavy security check points undetected?if any one might think the military in the check points are been bribed,u ask your self this simple question if I am a military man in the northern part of nigeria will I allow either a truck or a car full of guns into the state when I know this guns will be used against me or my family members, relatives or friends by the insurgents?after answering the question how much bribe will u collect to give u a second life when u lost the first one because u allowed a car full of guns into the state? From recent hidden report from the government security force have obtained information from captured insurgents about the sponsors of the group..why haven't the police publish this information on the newspaper like they did with this so called arm dealer from onitsha and why haven't any arrest been made on these sponsors? This publication is just a cover up by the government on its shortcomings and should be ashamed of false allegation they make on civilians rather than exposing their fellow colleague?
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