Detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command have arrested a worker of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority for attempting to sell a pistol to a colleague.
The suspect, Paul Basir, 22, said that the pistol did not belong to him.
Basir explained he picked it on the ground and thought selling it would fetch more money for his pocket.
Basir, who resides at Mile 2 area of the metropolis, was arrested on January 11, 2015 at Ojota by operatives of SARS.
The suspect said: “I’ve been working with LAWMA since 2010. My duty is to pack waste being. On January 10, while working at Gbagada area, I saw a gun and picked it. I showed one of my colleagues. He said I should throw it away. He told me that if he or I should take it to the police, they would arrest us.”
Basir said the following day, he informed another of his colleague at the office.
The guy expressed shock and accepted to buy it from Basir.
Basir said: “I told him that the gun is for sale that he should bring N8,000. He said he can only afford N5,000, so I gave him the gun. I was shocked when I saw him with a policeman. I used to receive N15,000 every month. I’m alright with the salary. I just feel like selling the gun so that I could have more money with me. My father is late and my mother is staying at Plateau State. We’re four in our family and I’m the second born.”