Crime
Soldier arrested for selling guns to kidnappers
Operatives of the DSS have arrested a soldier attached to the Buhari Cantonment in Tungan-Maje, Abuja, for allegedly hiring out & selling guns to kidnappers
The soldier, identified simply as Nafiu was arrested last week around Dankogi Park in Zuba in collaboration with members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria in the area
National Daily reports that the DSS from Gwagwalada office sought the assistance of the local security group in Zuba to arrest the suspect based on previous arms deal allegations against him
According to a source,“It was learnt that the suspect, in the first deal had allegedly hired out a gun for a kidnap operation for N300,000. Then in the second instance, they contacted him for another deal & he demanded N200,000 which the kidnappers allegedly paid but he failed to produce the gun.”
The source said when the kidnappers, who have been in the DSS custody, made the allegation against the soldier a sting operation was planned against him
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