Two arrested for illegal possession of arms in Ondo

A 34-year-old man, Oluwatimileyin Olubunmi, arrested by police detectives in Ondo state, for illegal possession of firearms, has confessed to buying them for N85,000.

Olubunmi was arrested with two guns by a team of policemen attached to the Commissioner of Police Special Squad on stop and search duty at Wesco Estate Junction along FUTA North Gate, in Akure, the state capital. Police source said the suspect was flagged down by the police detectives while riding in a blue Lexus ES330 saloon car with registration number AKD 869 ES with five male occupants. The source added that “in the process of searching the vehicle, one fabricated Barretal Pistol and a locally made Double mouth cut to size gun with one live cartridge and one expended cartridge were recovered.

“Three among the occupants took to their heels while two suspects, Oluwatimileyin Olubunmi ‘m’ aged 34yrs and Joshua Oluwadare ‘m’ aged 25yrs were arrested and taken to the station.
Police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami confirmed the arrest of two of the five suspects.

Odunlami said that “During interrogation, Olubunmi claimed to be the owner of both guns and bought the guns at the rate of N30,000 and N55,000 respectively. Oluwadare knows nothing about the two guns found in his custody. Effort is ongoing to arrest all involved in the proliferation of these firearms”.