Police Nab Senior Immigration Officer With Heavy Firearms In FCT

Operatives of the FCT Police Command have arrested a senior officer of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in possession of assorted heavy firearms and ammunition.

The suspect, whose identity remains undisclosed, was taken into custody on Monday afternoon around the Zuma area of the Federal Capital Territory.

It was gathered that the officer was unable to provide a reasonable explanation on how he acquired the weapons or his intended destination.

This raised suspicion of potential involvement in arms deals with criminal elements.

Moreover, his arrest followed an intelligence report from informants about a missing person.

It was learnt that the weapons recovered from him included rifles and pistols.

“We recovered four AK-47 magazines; four magazines of CZ Scorpion rifle; two CZ Scorpion rifles, 139mm ammunition and two Diakon and CZ pistols,” said a source familiar with the development.

However, FCT Commissioner of Police (CP) Olatunji Disu has confirmed the arrest of the suspect.

He said the suspect is being interrogated and further details would be provided later.

“They have just brought the suspect before me and he is being questioned. That’s all I can confirm at the moment,” he said.