As the economic hardship continues to worsen, Nigerians have started seeking other means of survival, many of which are illegal like that of Aisha Abubakar, a 25-year-old lady from Kubwa, Abuja.
The hunger and hardship in Nigeria worsens by the day giving rise to numerous crimes.
As we speak, 25-year-old Aisha is cooling off in police detention following her arrest on June 23, 2024.
The Arrest
Aisha was arrested by the Kaduna State Police Command along the Zaria-Kaduna highway on her way to Katsina State.
According to the police commissioner, Ali Audu Dabigi, the suspect was arrested with 550 rounds of AK47 live ammunition.
It was gathered that she had collected the ammunition from a man named Muhammad (surname unknown) from Loko, Nassarawa State.
The Confession
However, during interrogation, Aisha confessed to being paid ₦50,000 per trip to deliver ammunition to bandits in Katsina State.
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The suspect spoke on Thursday with journalists at the Police Command headquarters, where she was paraded alongside other suspected criminals.
Aisha denied knowing the content of the fertilizer bag back given to her, saying she never opened it.
The Trip
She said: “I was arrested by the police with ammunition. It was Wawo that first brought a bag of fertilizer to give to a commercial driver to take it to Katsina.
The second trip I went there myself and delivered the item but I was arrested on my third trip to Dan Musa. I was paid ₦50,000 per trip.”
According to Dabigi, Aisha also mentioned two other suspects who had given her the items, and they had already been arrested in Abuja by the police.
The police commissioner added that investigations were ongoing.
