Police arrest Fulani herdsman with AK47 rifle in Enugu

A suspect who identified himself as one Ibrahim Adamumale said to be about 20 years old, has been nabbed in Affa Udi LGA of Enugu state, for allegedly being in possession of a sophisticated gun suspected to be Ak 47 Riffle, with 24 rounds of live ammunitions.



Adamumale who claimed that he is from Nassarawa state but lives at Hausa quarters 9thmile and a herdsman with some cows at Affa Udi bush, was nabbed yesterday, 29/8/16, by the combine efforts of the police and the members of the public from Affa, acting on a tip off.

It was gathered that Adamumale, before he was nabbed, had expended about six shots to the air to evade being nabbed. He is now helping the police in their investigations in relation to how he came about the riffle. The state commissioner of police, Emmanuel Ojukwu, has expressed delight at the effort leading to his arrest.