A 65-year-old, arrested alongside three others for allegedly indulging in cult activities, has claimed poverty led him into selling arms. The suspect, who identified himself as Najim Bakare, said: “I got involved in selling guns because I was poor and needed to make ends meet.” Sunday Vanguard gathered that the police have recovered one of the guns Bakare allegedly sold to a cult group. Bakare’s co-suspects, arrested for allegedly fomenting trouble in the Mobil Road area of Ajah, Lagos, are Adewale Odusote, TairuTairu Idris and Dare Ayetoba. It was learned that 22-year-old Odusote, who hails from Epe, Lagos, was apprehended by the police attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) after a tip-off on a robbery incident. He was reportedly heading to deliver a gun to a robbery gang in a hideout. The gang took the police to Bakare’s house after they were nabbed by operatives. Apart from the double-barrel...
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