The Nigerian army on Wednesday
intercepted three container-loads of arms in
Balogun village, near Egua in Yewa North
Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The Nigerian army on Wednesday
intercepted three container-loads of arms in
Balogun village, near Egua in Yewa North
Local Government Area of Ogun State.
DAILY INDEPENDENT gathered that the three
trucks were intercepted by army officials at
a check point along Owode-Ilaro Road.
It was further gathered that the drivers of the
three vehicles and other occupants, upon
sighting the soldiers, abandoned the vehicles
and escaped through the nearby bush.
Details of the vehicles and the owners could
not be ascertained as at time of filing in this
report as no suspect, it was gathered, had
been arrested in connection with the
incident.
The army officials at the check point,
according to eyewitness account,
immediately called for a backup from the
nearby barrack in Owode, along Idi-Iroko
road area of the state.
Led by a brigadier general, whose name
couldn’t be ascertained, the military
reinforced security at the area with eight
Hilux Jeeps loaded with armed officers
