The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that its troops had recovered a large cache of arms along Agbura-Otuoke Road in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The troops said to be on a raid on Sunday recovered arms including two AK-47 rifles and two G3 rifles along the road which leads to Otuoke, the hometown of former President, Goodluck Jonathan.
Our correspondent learnt that the troops, while conducting a search in the house of a suspected militant leader, Emmanuel Lawson, discovered the large quantity of arms and ammunition.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Texas Chukwu, who confirmed the arrest, in a statement late on Sunday, said Lawson’s accomplice, one Ebikaboere Emmanuel, was arrested.
