NDLEA arrests suspect with ammunition, firearms, body bags in Ondo

Destiny Agbaijoh, 25, was arrested by members of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly having body bags, ammunition, and rifles.

The suspect was apprehended while traveling from Igbokoda, the administrative center of the Ilaje Local Government Area in Ondo State, to Ore-Okitipupa.

The suspect's automobile contained one AK-47 rifle, one pump action, 91 5.56 mm bullets, 16 cartridges, and cash amounting to N 347,000, according to the NDLEA Commandant, Kayode Raji.

With the cash that was discovered on him, the suspect allegedly sought to bribe Raji's employees who were on duty, but Raji's men allegedly rejected the offer and swiftly detained the suspect.

The commandant further stated that the agency had finished its initial investigation and would now hand the subject over to the Nigeria Police for further action.

The suspect asserted that he discovered the bag containing the weapons and ammo in a Bayelsa State hamlet, concealed in a bush.

When asked why he did not take the bag to the police after discovering what was inside, he replied that he had no clue it would cause him trouble.

He was also found to be in possession of 16 pump action cartridges and 91 live ammunitions of 5.6 mm. Again, some money was taken from him, and when he begged several officers to let him go with N347,000 so he could be released, they of course turned him down.

“He was also arrested with strap bags and we asked him what it was used for, he actually didn’t say, he said he would die if he confessed it.

“It looks like bags where they keep dead bodies or mangled bodies of human beings. We have done our preliminary investigation and we are going to hand him over to the Nigerian Police.”

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