Arrested bandits allege Kwara government gave them weapons, trucks
Nigerian soldiers have arrested a group of suspected bandits allegedly found patrolling with AK-47 rifles in a local security patrol vehicle in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The suspects were intercepted during a military operation in the area and immediately taken into custody.
A video of the arrest, which has since surfaced online, shows the men lying face down on the ground with their hands restrained as soldiers questioned them about their activities and how they obtained the weapons.
During the on-the-spot interrogation, one of the arrested men claimed that both the patrol vehicle and the rifles were supplied by the Kwara State government. He further alleged that they had been operating in the community under the guise of providing security patrols.
The suspect also stated that the weapons were not collected personally by him but by their superior, suggesting that several people were involved in the operation.
“We have been here for quite a while. We are using the vehicle for patrol. Wallahi, na the truth I dey tell you
“Ilorin government na him give us this motor and the weapons. They were the ones that gave us the rifles.
“We are not the ones that collected the rifles; it was our oga that collected them. I know because I was with them. We go patrol many times with them, including oga Victor. All of them are involved. The weapons are theirs,” he claimed.
Authorities have not yet issued an official statement on the incident, and investigations are reportedly ongoing to verify the claims and determine the true nature of the suspects’ activities.
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Bandits arrested by Troops in Ifelodun reveal they obtained AK-47 Rifles from ‘Kwara Government Officials’pic.twitter.com/NuaGFpCTYv
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