The state’s Director of SSS, Abubakar Bubuche, said the suspects were members of a gun running syndicate operating between Nasarawa, Benue and Taraba states.
He said two of them were arrested last week in Assakio, a community in Lafia Local Government in Nasarawa, recently engulfed by ethnic skirmishes.
Bubuche said the suspects gave useful information during investigation, which led to the arrest of three others, including a witch doctor from Abinse in Benue.
He said investigation revealed that prior to the recent crisis in Assakio, the witch doctor allegedly supplied charms worth more than N90,000 for protection against gunshots.
According to the SSS director, items recovered from the suspects, included three AK 47 riffles, one sub-machine gun, 48 rounds of live ammunition and assorted charms.
He said the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.
He, however, appealed to members of the public to shun violence and live in peace with one another, irrespective of religious, political and ethnic differences.
“Why should we be spending money buying weapons to fight against each other when we should channel such money into feeding, training of our children,” he asked.
Bubuche called for the cooperation of members of the public by giving useful information, to tackle all forms of criminality in the society.
He assured the public of confidentiality for any information on criminal activities within their neighbourhood.
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