Jibilik (Plateau) -The Police at Jibilik check point in Pankshin local government area of Plateau on Tuesday caught a couple with 81 live ammunitions.
DSP Emmanuel Abu, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the incident to the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Abu, however, said the Divisional Police Officer in the area was yet to give details on the recovery.
The couple, Mr and Mrs Dahiru Haruna, were on their way to Bauchi in an unregistered motorcycle when they were intercepted by the policemen.
A policeman (names withheld) also confirmed the incident to the Chairman of Pankshin Local Government Council, Mr Steve Jings, who was on his way on a condolence visit to Chip District.
The policeman said that the couple never wanted to stop for a search.
“When we flagged them, they refused and instead they aimed at one of us with the bike and sped off.
“We have to give them a hot chase before arresting them,’’ the policeman told the council chairman.
On interrogation, Haruna, who claimed to be from Dawuya in Yelwa, Shendam local government area of Plateau, said they were on their way to Bauchi for medical treatment of his wife, Fatima.
Haruna said he got them (ammunition) from cattle rustlers who once invaded his brother’s cattle range and mistakenly left the ammunition behind after “my kinsmen repel their attack’’.
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On his intention, the suspect said: “All I wanted is to get a willing buyer who I could sell them to even at N150 or N200. ’’
He claimed he had never own a gun that was why when he found the ammunition he buried them in the ground beside his house.
Haruna said he later exhumed them for sale in order to earn some money to treat his sick wife.
When the wife was questioned, she feigned ignorance about the ammunition.
NAN further reports that the couple had been taken to the police command in Jos for further investigation. (NAN)