77-year-old gun runner was apprehended in Delta

Michael Enipozi, a 77-year-old man, was arrested by Delta State Police command operatives for alleged gun running.
The suspect, a resident of the state’s Isoko South local government area, was apprehended over the weekend for allegedly selling forged firearms to criminals in the state.

Enipozi, who was apprehended after some suspected armed robbers were apprehended, was said to have been in the gun manufacturing business for 25 years.
The arrest of the old man was confirmed by Delta State Police Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Edafe Bright, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP).

Giving an account of how the suspect was apprehended, he said that at around 5 a.m., police operatives received a distress call about armed robbery activities in a premises along the Ozoro-Ughelli road and rushed to the scene.

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The robbers fled the scene when they saw the police team and vigilance members led by DPO Ozoro Division, CSP Ogedengbe Areguamen, but were pursued until one of the suspects, Emma Ighodalo, 28, was apprehended with a live cartridge while two others escaped, according to Edafe.

“During questioning, the suspect admitted that he threw his gun away in the bush while fleeing and that he purchased the gun for #30,000 from One Michael Enipozi. The suspect led the cops to Isoko, where Michael Enipozi’m’ was apprehended.

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“He was found with three double barrel guns, two single barrel guns, and other gun-making tools.” According to the preliminary investigation, the 77-year-old suspect is a welder who manufactures guns for criminals. “He admitted that he sold the gun to the suspect and that he has been in the business of manufacturing guns for the past twenty years,” Edafe stated.