The command’s spokesperson, Adewale Osifeso, disclosed this in a media briefing at the command’s headquarters, Eleyele, in Ibadan on Friday.
Mr Osifeso said the weapons were recovered upon execution of a search warrant on Wednesday at the hotel owned by Mr Lamidi, who had since been declared wanted by the police.
Weapons recovered, according to the spokesperson, include 70 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, 400 cutlasses. 400 pieces of live cartridges, 13 pieces of 9-MM ammunition and one pump action rifle. Other weapons include nine locally made pistols, nine jack knives, three axes, three swords among others.The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the police had on Tuesday raided the same hotel, arresting 78 members of the Park Management System loyal to Auxilliary.Meanwhile, the command has arrested a 39-year-old suspect, who had been on the watchlist of the command, for the sale and distribution of drugs.
Mr Osifeso said that the man was sighted and arrested during the raid, and had on him 336 wraps of Indian hemp, 450 wraps of skunk and plastic bags containing Colorado. According to the spokesperson, the suspect had voluntarily confessed to the crime and identified his distribution network and clients in Lagos, Oyo, Osun and Ogun.
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