Driver Delivers Bag of Guns to Lagos man Instead of Foodstuffs

Driver Delivers Bag of Guns to Lagos man Instead of Foodstuffs

A yet-to-be-identified driver has delivered guns to a man, Aji Augustine, who was expecting to receive food items sent by his mother to him in Lagos.

THECONSCIENCENG learnt that Augustine’s mother, who lives in Cross River State, sent the food items to her son through the driver but on getting to the Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos, the driver was said to have mistakenly handed a sack belonging to another person to Augustine.

Augustine was said to have rushed to the nearest police station to report and hand over the guns to policemen for investigation after he opened the sack and reportedly saw seven guns in it.

The Commissioner of Police, while addressing journalists on Friday, said a thorough investigation led to the arrest of one Joseph Ashiwobel, who dispatched the sack from Calabar to Lagos.

He noted that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime, and led policemen to arrest two of his buyers, Rasheed Ogunbade, 39, and Aladeokin Ahmad, 38.

Alabi added, “During interrogation, he confessed that he had sold many guns to his customers in Lagos and he led operatives to arrest two of his buyers, Rasheed Ogunbade, 39, and Aladeokin Ahmad, 38. Also, one locally-made shotgun bought from Joseph Ashiwobel was recovered. Investigation is still ongoing to apprehend other fleeing suspects to recover more of the guns he had sold to people in Lagos.”