The police command also recovered 10 AK-47 rifles, one submachine gun, 37 locally fabricated and other firearms.
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It was gathered that the incident unfolded when the family of the bride-to-be and other travellers were ambushed by the bandits along the Talata Mafara-Gusau highway.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, on Tuesday.
There was pandemonium at Minna, Niger State capital, when a suspected member of Boko Haram sect engaged security operatives in a gun duel in the wee hours of Tuesday, reports Daily Trust.
It said troops of Navy Ship SOROH recovered two AK-47 rifles, six AK-47 magazines, 133 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition.
The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Suleiman Nguroje, disclosed this in a statement Monday in Yola, the State’s capital, stating that its Crack Squad team in collaboration with hunters made the arrest.
This was contained in a statement by the Command Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, on Friday.