Kwara Police Recover AK- 47 Rifles, Ammunitions, Discover Suspected Gun- running Network

The Kwara State Police Command has recovered two AK-47 rifles, three magazines and 42 rounds of live ammunition from a commercial vehicle in Ilorin, leading to the discovery of a suspected gun-running network.
The weapons were intercepted during a stop-and-search operation along the Alapa–Okolowo axis of Ilorin, where police operatives found a bag containing the firearms and ammunition inside the vehicle.
The police command on Monday in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Toun Ejire- Adeyemi said a 30-year-old suspect, Umaru M., initially denied ownership of the bag but later admitted to conveying the weapons during interrogation.
She added that the suspect’s statement provided ...