Zamfara gunrunner admits receiving car from bandits’ leader

A gunrunner, Abubakar Buda, arrested by the police in Zamfara State has confessed that a bandits’ leader had bought a Golf car for him to be conveying arms from Plateau State to the bandits’ camp in a forest in Zamfara State.

Speaking after he was paraded by the police, Buda said, “I seek everyone’s forgiveness. I was introduced into the business by one Bitrus Bulus, alias Peter. I knew that the arms were being used by the bandits to kill people but my love for money overshadowed my sense of reasoning.”

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Earlier, spokesman of the police in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu, said policemen were deployed on the Tsafe-Funtua road based on intelligence that led to the interception of a Golf which was driven by 32-year-old Abubakar Buda, a native of Zuru LGA of Kebbi State.

He said the suspect was on transit after delivering arms and ammunition to a bandits’ leader called Chumo.

He further said, “A search was conducted on the spot and the above exhibits, including parts of an AK-47 rifle and 100 rounds of AK-47 ammunition were recovered in his possession.

“In the course of interrogation, he mentioned some of his collaborators as Bitrus Bulus, alias Peter, and Weng Adamu, both male, of Jos South LGA of Plateau State.”