By Anita
The Department of State Service (DSS) agents have apprehended a soldier assigned to the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment in Tungan-Maje, Abuja, for allegedly hiring out and selling guns to kidnappers.
The soldier, simply known as Nafiu, was apprehended last week near Dankogi Park in Zuba in collaboration with members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria.
According to reports, the DSS from Gwagwalada sought the assistance of the Zuba local security group to arrest the suspect based on previous arms deal allegations against him.
“It was learnt that the suspect, in the first deal, had allegedly hired out a gun for a kidnap operation for N300,000. Then in the second instance, they contacted him for another deal and he demanded N200,000 which the kidnappers allegedly paid, but he failed to produce the gun.”
The source explained that when the kidnappers, who were in DSS custody at the time, made the allegation against the soldier, a sting operation was planned against him.
“So they contacted him for another deal to supply them with AK-47s to buy at the cost of N3 million. We went to the agreed site on the delivery day here in Zuba, and took position. He arrived at the scene in his car to present the arm, and that was the time we came out and caught him with the gun well wrapped,” he added.
An AK-47 rifle as well as a fully loaded magazine with 30 rounds of ammunition were found inside one of the safe compartments of his car.
