The 48-year-old man was arrested by the operatives in his house with the drug weighing 67kg on July 16, 2024.
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This was contained in a statement issued by the spokesman of the Command, Williams Oche-Aya, on Thursday.
He made the appeal when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, noting that it is the right way to go.
Claim: A video of some young men in Football Jersey all clutching AK-47 rifles is currently circulating on WhatsApp, Facebook and social media platforms claiming that they were players of a football club in Zamfara going to play a match with guns.
It offered the explanation in a statement on Monday following Pastor Aigbe’s grilling and detention by the police.
Recall that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency nabbed him last week in Ondo State with incriminating items.
According to the police, security forces became aware something was amiss after a loud noise was heard in the officer’s apartment followed by the sound of gunfire.
The cleric who is known to have access to bandits had once asked the federal government to grant them blanket amnesty.
The Chief Magistrate, L. A. Owolabi, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that the case file should be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution for advice.
The Acting Director, Defence Media Operation, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this while giving an update on the military operations across the country between Sept. 2 and Sept. 30, on Thursday in Abuja.
The bandits, who were said to be escaping through the notorious Allawa Forest in their hundreds, ran into the military camp stationed at Alawa, and engaged the soldiers in a serious gun battle for several hours.
Ibiteye made this known while giving a special thanksgiving to God for his safe return, on Sunday during a service at the Word of Life Area parish of the RCCG in Kubwa, Abuja.
The police charged Samuel Ogbodo, Chidi Anekwe, Monday Anyigor, John Igwe, John Nwoke, Mathias Odoh, Matthew Eze and Iorhemen Yagba with criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and terrorism.
The Chairman, NDLEA, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, who said this during a news conference on Thursday in Abuja noted that the suspect would be handed over to appropriate authority for further investigation.
The suspect was arrested following information received by the Divisional Police Officer, Imeko divisional headquarters, that two young Fulani boys were sighted at the CAC Oha forest, Iwoye Ketu, in Imeko Afon Local Government Area with AK-47 rifles.
SP Gambo Isah, the command’s spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Katsina.
The kidnappers also made away with the slain inspector’s AK-47 rifle.
It was learnt that on Friday, at about 1630hrs while team Eagle-net special squad were on routine patrol/stop and search along Ughelli-Port Hacourt Road, intercepted a Mazda 626 saloon car dark green in colour with Reg. No. UGH 722 AA with six occupants of two males and four females all occupants were asked to come down from the vehicle for searching.
The President also vowed that his administration will act firmly and decisively ‘‘against any and all persons fomenting or carrying out attacks on our Police Force and other security personnel.’’
Spokesman for the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the attack in a statement, said the hoodlums lobbed Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) at the station and shot sporadically, before setting the police station and the police ablaze.