The Police Command in Kebbi State have opened up on how it intercepted two vehicles conveying 7,500 live cartridges and parcels of Indian Hemp worth over ₦600 million.
One of the trucks was coming from Ghana through Togo and Benin Republic to Nigeria, while the second vehicle took off from Benin Republic to Nigeria, beating different checkpoints.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Nafiu Abubakar, said this while briefing journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday, describing the arrest as huge.
He said that on September 10 at about 7:30 pm, a team of police border patrol team attached to Saransa-Maje road, Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi, intercepted a container truck registered: Lagos, IT 21520 LA conveying 4,927 parcels of suspected Indian hemp.
The police spokesman said that the substance was valued at over N300 million, adding that three suspects, Emmanuel Chukwuma from Abia, Kanta Bisa from Ghana, and Shola Adeyemi from Ondo State were arrested while others escaped.
‘The same dedicated, courageous, and very hard-working team of police border patrol intercepted another container truck with registration number: IT 21608 LA conveying 7,500 live cartridges and 4,106 parcels of dry leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp.
‘The substance is valued at over N300 million and one AbdurRasaq Agbola of Iyana Ajiya area in Ibadan, Oyo State was arrested,’ he stated.
In another report, the Nigeria Police Force has officially announced its intention to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the factors surrounding the tragic death of the late musician, Ilerioluwa Aloba, famously known as Mohbad.
This development comes in response to the discovery of a document in which the late singer had documented allegations of threats to his life, malicious damage, assault, oppression, and more against a music promoter named Samson Balogun, also known as Sam Larry, and several others. These allegations were detailed in a petition submitted to the Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex in Lagos State.
According to the petition dated June 27, 2023, Mohbad asserted that Sam Larry and a group of 15 individuals, all armed, forcibly entered the location of a video shoot where the late singer and fellow artiste Omoniyi Temidayo, also known as Zlatan Ibile, were collaborating and made threats of violence.