The police in Edo State have arrested a 22-year-old man, Francis Obinna Okoye, for alleged possession of firearm.
Also recovered from him was a blue-coloured PoS machine.
Okoye, who resides at No 26, Jatto Street, Okolo, Lagos State, was arrested on April 7, 2024.
The Command’s spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspect was apprehended by the operatives while conducting stop-and-search along Lagos-Benin expressway, by Ovia River axis.
He was intercepted in a commercial bus loaded with passengers from Lagos State heading to Anambra State.
The suspect allegedly confessed in his statement that one Emma whose surname is unknown, gave him the gun to threaten his uncle, Mr. Paul Okoye, who was alleged to have killed his father with charms.
However, when operatives of the Command took him to Lagos on Monday, 8 April, 2024, to arrest Mr. Paul Okoye, they found out that the suspect lied to the operatives.
“The suspect will soon be process to court,” the police spokesperson said.
