Nigerian police have paraded a man named Ismail Yakubu who resides in Waru village around Apo area of Abuja as the suspect who gave false information about gun being hidden in the Abuja residence of Niger Delta elder, Chief Edwin Clark.
Yakubu was presented to newsmen by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Jimoh Moshood, on Wednesday.
He was accused of alerting the police of alleged presence of large cache of arms and ammunition in the Abuja home of Chief Clark.
He claimed to have got the false information from a commercial cab he boarded.
Yakubu, 45, an indigene of the Federal Capital Territory, said he did not see anything wrong about alerting the police on the matter.
He said he did what was expected of a good citizen and has no regrets whatsoever especially at this moment when the country was experiencing various security challenges.
Addressing journalists, Yakubu said, “I am an indigene of Waru village in Apo in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“First and foremost, I appreciate the time given to me. The point is that I got to hear about the large cache of arms and ammunition in the home of Chief Edwin Clark on Monday on my way to Asokoro exactly around 4 o’clock.
“I was called to come and receive a message at the back of ECOWAS Secretariat and I took a taxi from Apo Roundabout.
“On getting to the back of ECOWAS Secretariat, I called the man that asked me to come and receive the message. There is a street called Halle Salasi Street.
“That was the street I was going to. There is a Catholic Church on that street and there is an incomplete building there. That was exactly where the man asked me to come and meet him.
“So on my way going, I was sitting on the front seat of the taxi and there were two other people at the back seat.
“So, when we reached there, the whole place was crowded. No way in and no way out.
“So, I began to ask questions about what was happening here and the taxi driver now told me that, is this not the area where this Niger Delta people are living?
“And I said which Niger Delta people and I said how manage because the whole place was rowdy.
“Then he now pointed to me that I should look at that truck that is entering that compound and I checked the compound and the house was house number 43.
“So, it was a white Hilux van sealed and it was entering the compound and it was in the process of entering the compound that was why the whole place was blocked to allow it to enter the compound.
“The driver then told me that this Hilux that is entering the compound is carrying ammunition, and I said what!”
Yakubu explained that as a citizen of the FCT, he could not keep such information to himself hence he decided to alert the police.