Why I sold colleague's missing gun to DJ -Sgt Yusuf

Date: 2022-01-15

The Osun State Police Command recently paraded Sergeant Haruna Yusuf, attached to the traffic department of the Omu-Aran Division, Kwara State, for theft of firearm. The suspect tells BOLA BAMIGBOLA the story behind his arrest

What is your name?

My name is Haruna Yusuf. I am a traffic policeman, serving at the Kwara State Command. I am from Benue State. I joined the Nigeria Police Force on June 1, 2008. I am a sergeant.

You are a policeman, what then are you being paraded amo On November 30, I was on special duty when I was arrested by the IRT (Intelligence Response Team). They took me to our station and from there, investigation into allegations against me started. The allegation has to do with the issue of a missing firearm (a pistol). I was dumped in a cell.

What is your connection with the missing firearm?

I found it (a pistol) behind a mosque in my division in Omu-Aran town. I decided not to tell my colleagues about it. I didn't know what came over me. I eventually sold the firearm. I can't explain what came over me at that time.

Who did you sell the gun to and for how much?

I sold it to a DJ (Disc Jockey). I sold the gun for N47,000. The man is into the business of firearms.

But the allegation against you is that you purposely stole the gun from one late Inspector Ehigimetor Ileso, causing him to be dismissed from the police because of his missing gun. I didn't steal the gun. I found it on the ground as I said earlier. It was later that I found out that the person that the gun was assigned to was in my division. I knew when they started looking for the gun but I was afraid to say that I found the gun.

I felt that if I confessed then, it would create a problem for me. The person I sold the gun to would also be in problem. I was scared and that was why I decided not to say anything.

You said you know the DJ as someone who deals in firearms. Does that mean that was not the first gun you sold to him?

I sold that gun and one locally-made revolver pistol. I sold that one too.

Where did you get the revolver pistol from?

I attended the burial of someone from my tribe and at the ceremony, I met someone that told us that if we were interested we could get the revolver. The man said if I was interested, I could have it.

So, the person gifted you the gun?

No, I bought it from him. I looked into the offer, and with the insecurity in the country occasioned by killer herdsmen, I thought I needed personal protection. I signified intention to have the gun. I met the person that sold it to me at the burial. So I paid for the gun. I bought it for N25,000.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Michael Nzekwe     Taofik Mustapha     Kolade Solagberu     ASMAU PLAZA     KWACOBPA     Kolo     Azeez Salawu     Olupako     Segun Adeniyi     Islamic Development Bank     Bursary     Habeeb Saidu     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Ope Saraki     Valsolar     Afonja     Crystal Corner Shops     Joseph Daudu     Harrison Osauwagboe     Najim Yaasin     Oke-Ero     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Olatunde Olukoya     Arca Santa     Daud Adeshola     Suleiman Mora Omar     Shettima Of Ilorin     Nnazua     David Adesina     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Aminu Adisa Logun     Just Law Forum     Federal Allocation     Monsurat Omotosho     Shade Omoniyi     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Okin Biscuits     Hussein Olokooba     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Funke Adedoyin     Twitter     Omotosho     Tayo Awodiji     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Oro Grammar School     Jumoke F. Ajao     Ishaq Salman     Anilelerin     Obuh     Umar Gunu     Galadima     Garment Factory     Raimi Iyanda     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Age AbdulKareem     Jelili Yusuf     IPSAS     Ajike People Support Centre     Okiki     Alabe     Iyeru Grammar School     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Ladi Hassan     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Saidu Isa     Leke Ogungbe     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Bello Abubakar     John Kehinde Salako     Shola Odetundun     Buari Edun     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Chief Imam Of Offa     Maryam Ado Bayero     Adijat Adebiyi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abubakar Aliagan     Olokoba     Abubakar Ndakene     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Harmony Holdings     Arinola Lawal     Abdulkarim Adisa     Olaosebikan     Kumbi Titilope     Balogun-Ojomu     Twitter     KWIRS     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Offa Metropolitan Club     Just Event Online     Saba Mamman Daniel     Kwara North     Roseline Oni Aremu     Offorjama     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Osi     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Principal Private Secretary     Jani Ibrahim     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Emir Of Yashikira     Apado     Ilorin     Saeedat Aliyu     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Chikanda     Aliyu Sabi     Logun     Bolakale Ayo     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Stephen Fasakin     Samuel Adaramola     Tunji Folami     Buhari     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     University Road     Tanke Road     Yakubu Gobir     Aro Yahaya     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Saliu Mustapha     Yomi Ogunsola     International Aviation College     Patigi Regatta     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Joseph Bamigboye     Femi Gbajabiamila     Olosi Of Osi     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Lithium Deposit     Nnazua     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Abubakar Usman Jos     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Alabere     Wahab Kunle Shittu     UNIFEMGA     CBT     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Federal Allocation     Garba Idris Ajia     Mamatu Abdullahi     Cassava Growers\' Association     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Donatus Ejidike