Lamidi who had one AK 47 rifle, one 9mm pistol, five Automatic Pump Action rifles and assorted ammunition recovered from him said he bought them from one Abdulazeez Amao to protect himself.
He said: “I bought the AK 47 for N350,000 and the pistol, N350,000. I bought them to protect myself because there was a time assassins were after me. I do not rob with them. I know where this victimisation is coming from.
“The All Progressives Congress (APC) wants to rope me because I am in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They asked me to join them and because I refused, they decided to put me in trouble. I am a strong member of the PDP and I do not regret it.”
However the Police Commissioner Umar Manko said that upon arrest of the notorious illegal arms dealer, Abdulazeez Amao who confessed that Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, the former chairman of the Oyo State NURTW, bought one AK47 rifle and one English pistol from him, he was arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) at Olodo in Ibadan on May 10 at about 2:30am while driving in his ash colour Nissan Quest space bus.
“He confessed to have given his AK 47 rifle to one Tirimisiyu Olowoposi in Ibadan. Efforts to arrest Timirisiyu proved abortive as he is already aware of Lamidi’s arrest. Kyari and his men are working to arrest him soonest.”
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