Suspected bandits killed, 120 alleged criminals nabbed in Kaduna, Plateau: Army
Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) Special Military Task Force troops maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna said four suspected bandits have been killed.
Capt. James Oya, spokesman for the operation, announced this in a statement on Monday.
The troops, he said, also arrested 120 others over various criminal acts within its areas of operation between October 16 and 22.
Mr Oya said some suspects were arrested for kidnapping, armed robbery, cattle rustling and drug peddling, among other criminal acts.
He explained that other suspects were arrested for illegally possessing arms and ammunition, adding that it rescued four kidnapped victims during the operation.
“Within the period under review, we neutralised four suspected bandits, arrested 73 suspects with arms and ammunition and 37 others for kidnapping. We rescued four kidnapped victims, arrested two suspected cattle rustlers and four suspected drug peddlers. We prevented five attacks on vulnerable communities and promptly responded to 28 distress,” he said.
The troops, he added, also recovered sophisticated weapons from some suspects.
He said some suspects arrested for car and motorcycle theft were handed to police for prosecution.
(NAN)
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
States
Police detain 14 kidnap suspects in Enugu, recover arms
The command said the suspects have, during interrogation, confessed to their involvement in several recent and past kidnap incidents across Enugu State.
States
Osun guber poll recorded peaceful voting: CDD
The CDD said the election was generally peaceful, with some operational challenges.
States
OsunDecides: INEC uploads 87.48% of election results to IReV
INEC has uploaded results from 3,292 of the 3,763 polling units to IReV.
Heading 2
DHQ warns against fake posts after attempted X account breach
DHQ said it detected an attempted unauthorised compromise of its official X account.
States
Yari donates N163 million, assorted grains to Zamfara bandit attack victims
Mr Yari said the gesture aimed to provide succour to families of the deceased and victims.
NationWide
Medical academics issue 21-day ultimatum to FG over outstanding demands
The group said the 21-day ultimatum would expire on August 31.
