"Items recovered from Ibrahim Muhammed were two AK-47 rifles, three AK-47 magazines, 90 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, two magazine carriers and one mobile phone set.
It was said that the assailants shot the police officer and made away with his his service AK-47 rifle and beret. "A policeman was shot in front of a popular hotel in DLine and his service AK-47 collected.
He said that the suspect was found to be in possession of an ID card of the vigilante group of Nigeria, Nasarawa state command and "a photograph in which he posed with an AK47 rifle.''
Nigeria Today reports that during preliminary interrogation, he confessed that he actively participated in several Boko Haram terrorists' attacks and also owned an AK-47 Rifle which lost during one of the attacks they carried out in 2016.
After embarking on several operations, Umaru was again rearrested after he led members of his gang to rob a filling station in Asaba, Delta State and an AK-47 rifle was recovered from him.
According to the report, four AK-47 rifles, two pistles, suicide vests, and several Improvised Explosive Materials, IEDs, were recovered from the suspects.
The bandits who stormed the community around 8:50pm numbering about 10, with AK47 rifles and other dangerous weapons, were said to be clad in black, with one of them masked.
According to him, troops recovered 16 AK47 rifles, 15 dane guns, six QJC 88 AA guns, one QJC 88 barrel, one SMG, two DSHKAA guns, two NSVT AA guns, one GMPG.
It is in line with that troops of 223 Battalion while on patrol encountered armed bandits at Madaka village, Maru Local Government Area in which they killed 9 armed bandits and recovered 3 AK-47 rifles, 2 AK-47 rifles magazine, 3 rounds of 7.62mm
"Exhibits recovered from the scene include; one (1) Type 06 rifle, three (3) AK-47 magazines loaded with 7.6mm ammunition, eighty (80) other ammunition and assorted phones. "The Commissioner of Police, Benue State command CP.
He said the police also recovered one AK47 Rifle, one locally made Revolver Pistol two Single Barrel locally made gun, seven (7) rounds of AK47 ammunition, one (1) round of live Cartridges and two Toyota corolla vehicles.
The Police had confirmed that some of the assailants disguised as congregants and fired shots from AK-47 rifles. The security agency also announced that three unexploded Improvised Explosive Device at the scene (IEDs) were recovered.