A Nigerian soldier, Sergeant Saad Adamu with service number 05NA/56/385 has been nabbed for alleged possession of illegal ammunition in Borno State.
Adamu was reportedly found with 485 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition and 2 magazines concealed in cartons of dry fish.
According to a military signal seen by SaharaReporters, the soldier was arrested at Njimtilo, along Damaturu/Maiduguri Road.
The signal read, “TEXT: OP HADIN KAI – OP DESERT SANITY III/LAKE SANITY II AND MOUNTAIN SANITY II SPECIAL SITREP. SITREP NO 1074 AS AT 052230A AUG 24. REF. 7 DIV PROV GP SPECIAL SITREP. UPDATE ON ARREST OF AMMO RACKETEER. FOL THE ARREST OF 05NA/56/385 SGT SAAD ADAMU FOR AMMO RACKETEERING AT NJIMTILO CP ALONG RD MAIDUGURI – DAMATURU, PRELIM INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE SLDR WAS A PERS OF 3 DOS WHO LEFT HIS UNIT IN JOS TO MAIDUGURI WITHOUT PASS FOR HIS NEFARIOUS ACT. THE SLDR CONFESSED THAT HE COLLECTED THE AMMO FROM ONE 07NA/60/0940 SGT DALHATU MURTALA, THE ARMOURER OF 19 BDE GAR. HE WAS ARRESTED AT BAGA RD GEN AREA.
THE BREAKDOWN OF THE AMMO AND MAG REC WERE QTY 313 RNDS OF 7.62MM PKT AMMO, QTY 172 RNDS OF 7.62MM SPECIAL AND 2 X MAGS CONCEALED INSIDE BAGCO BAG MIXED WITH CUCUMBER AND CARTONS OF DRY FISH. SUSPECTS AND REC ITEMS ARE IN CUSTODY OF 7 DIV PROV GP FOR FURTHER ACTION. GEN SY SIT. CALM BUT UNPREDICTABLE. TPS MORALE AND FIGHTING EFFICIENCY REMAIN SATISFACTORY. PSE ACK///“