The Nigerian Army on Thursday arrested five “persons of interest” at a checkpoint after six AK-47 rifles were found on them along Share in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects concealed six AK-47 rifles in a sack full of charcoal hidden in a Golf saloon car on Thursday afternoon.
A top security aide (names withheld) said: “They were intercepted by the Nigerian Army team on patrol,” adding that: “The five suspects are undergoing interrogation.”

Our reporter recalls that their arrest came a day after six people suspected to be couriers for kidnappers were arrested around Babanla, also in Ifelodun, with a large consignment of bread and petrol.

“They have been transferred to the police headquarters in Ilorin for further investigation,” according to a source.

Earlier on Tuesday, some criminals were reported killed in a coordinated assault by government vigilante forces in Omu Aran-Eruku.

Six motorcycles, assault rifles, and many loaded magazines were recovered from their hideouts.

Four women and two young men, all suspected to have been abducted, were rescued and handed to the police divisional post in Omu Aran.