A mad man was weekend arrested with a pistol in Gowon estate
area of Ipaja, Lagos.
The suspect, is currently being interrogated by operatives
at the Anti-Robbery section of the State Criminal Investigation Department
,SCID, Yaba, Lagos,
Eye witnesses said the mad man had been loitering the area
for two months. However, a curious passer-by was said to have suspected the
insane man when he saw him wrapping an object with a rag. The mad man was said
to have thereafter, started looking sideways , apparently to ascertain whether
he was being watched, before he dumped the content wrapped with the rag inside
a container in the dump site.
The passer-by was said to have alerted others who
immediately rushed to the dump site ,only to discover that the object was a
double barrel pistol and four cartridges, con sequent upon which he(mad man)
was apprehended and handed over to policemen at Gowon estate.
News of the arrest was said to have sent cold shivers down
the spine of residents of the area , as they were told that the man intended
planting a bomb there.
Police sources at the station told vanguard that during
interrogation, the man's speech was incoherent.
Sources said: “We tried to find out where he got the weapons
from but he gave meaningless response. He was later transferred t o the SCID,
where investigation is still ongoing.
“Part of the investigation will include taking him to the
psychiatric hospital to ascertain his mental stability, before further
investigation”
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