EXPOSED! How I Supply AK47 Rifles To Robbers — Suspect Speaks

A suspected cross-border gun runner,
Abdulazeez Amao, 47, has allegedly
confessed to the police how he supplies guns
and ammunition to armed robbers.
Amao was arrested in his house at Ayegun
Adasun in Ibadan, Oyo State, western
Nigeria, after he was implicated by a
suspected armed robber, Olatunbosun
Olatunji, 48, who alleged that Amao supplies
him guns for operations.
Items recovered in Amao’s house include 10
AK47 rifles and 19 magazines all loaded with
30 rounds of ammunition.
The two suspects were paraded on Tuesday
by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police,
Mr Umar Manko at the command
headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos.
While making his confession, Amao denied
that he was involved in armed robbery,
admitting that he was only a businessman
that deals in arms which he buys from his
customer known as Zakari Watara in Burkina
Faso.
He revealed that their network cuts across
three countries- Mali, Burkina Faso and
Niger Republic, while Nigeria is the
destination for the weapons.
Amao revealed that he smuggles the
weapons into the country by packing them
inside milk cartons and transporting them to
Paraku town in Benin Republic.
He said he repackages the rifles in Benin
Republic and hides them inside sacks
containing yam flour (Elubo) and then
transports them to Ibadan, Oyo State capital,
through Kabo border.
Amao said he has many clients but his
biggest customers are robbers who make
him good offers, disclosing that most of his
customers are from Onitsha in Anambra
State, eastern Nigeria.
He admitted that he had supplied various
guns such as AK47 rifles, and English made
pistols and bullets to his clients.
Amao revealed that he also services the
weapons when they develop fault if the
owners return them for such purposes.
He, however, noted that none of his
customers have ever introduced themselves
as robbers to him but he knew some were
criminals.
“They cannot come to me and tell me I am a
robber and I will sell gun to them. But as an
adult, such demand for arms might be for
robbery or to cause violence in the society.”
While parading the suspects, Manko
explained that Amao was arrested by  the
men of the State Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS,
following the arrest Olatunji at Suberu area of
Ikorodu, Lagos.
According to him, Olatunji confessed that
Amao supplies gun to his gang and sells
them for N320,000 each.
Manko said following the confession, SARS
decoy team was deployed to Ibadan and
after eight  days of intensive investigation,
Amao was arrested in his house where some
arms were recovered.
The police  said the suspects will be charged
to court after investigation.