Yola – Army patrol teams from the 23rd Armour Brigade, Yola, have arrested five suspects, including a woman with guns and mobile police uniforms.
Parading them in Yola on Friday, the brigade Public Relations Officer, Lt. Victor Olukoya, said the suspects were arrested at army checkpoints in Mubi and Numan towns.
Olukoya said two of the suspects, a man and a woman, were arrested in Numan when the bag of gari the woman was carrying was searched and four guns, comprising two pistols and two double barrels, were discovered.
The Public Relations Officer said the two other men were arrested in Mubi with many sets of mobile police uniforms and boots.
He said the arrest led to the picking up of their accomplice, a serving police corporal attached to the Abia Police Command.
The police spokesman urged the public to be vigilant and security conscious, to assist the operatives in combating the security challenges facing the nation. (NAN)
