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A  Nigerian Certificate in Education (N.C.E.) holder, Raymond Kakaan, has been arrested by the Police in Lagos for gun running.

Kakaan was arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on five counts bordering on armed robbery and illegal dealing in arms and ammunition. The prosecutor claimed that the accused person had involved in this business for several years. He. Claimed that their investigation revealed that the accused person never had any other job after graduating from college of education, but went into the gunrunning business without ever making effort to seek for other society a friendly job. The prosecutor insisted that the accused person should be treated as a hardened criminal, who would do anything to make money.

Charged with him were a 26-year-old gun manufacturer, Ayila Ejir, an 18-year-old gun dealer, Joseph Ochanni and three suspected armed robbers. According to a the report, Ejir was nabbed on the 10th of August at his factory in Usambe village, Benue, after police smashed a four-man robbery gang that operated with his weapons. The armed robbery gang was the one that fingered him to the police. He said he started making guns in December and had sold five of them to Kakaan

“My boss taught me how to construct guns and I started making them myself since he died in December last year," Ejir said. He went further by saying he inherited the business and the workshop from his boss.

“I have sold five guns to Raymond (Kakaan) for N30,000 each." He added that he never knew about the crime being committed by the men. He said he only sold the weapon but never knew what the weapon is being used for by the men. He insisted he is innocent and not part of their criminal activities.

Police say one of the robbers, 20-year-old Peter Ikumofu, bought the gun used for their operations from Kakaan who was found with two single-barrelled guns.

Kakaan told the police that he did buy five guns from Ejir and had sold three.

"I was introduced to Ejir in March by one Nevkaa," he said.

"I sold one of the five pistols I bought from him to one Mr. Jackson, a soldier for N50,000."

He however said he only sold the gun to the alleged armed robber because the latter said he wanted to use it to protect himself from cultist. He claimed he never knew the man was a criminal. He claimed he would not have sold the gun to him if he had known the man was involved in armed robbery.

"It was Joseph (Ochani) that brought Peter (Ikumofu) to me that he needed a gun to protect himself. "The two remaining guns were recovered from my house.” He added that he was a graduate seeking to further his education in a university. “I am an NCE holder. "I sat for UTME last year to continue my education in the university and scored 224." All the suspects were arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on five counts bordering on armed robbery and illegal dealing in arms and ammunition.