117 Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army Keffi yesterday
paraded 36 armed herdsmen who were intercepted by troops of the Guards
Battalion in Keffi along the Keffi-Abuja highway road on Sunday.
Another set of 56 herdsmen were arrested at the Dantata
check point along Kuje and Abuja airport axis.
According to the spokesman of the brigade, Captain Bahsir
Jajira, the 36 herdsmen were arrested by troops at the Keffi check point at the
late hours of Sunday around 4pm in a Truck and a Toyota Camry Salon car,
After a thorough check of the vehicles, the troops
discovered one pump action gun, 19 cartridges of dane guns, 118 cartridges of
ammo, 28 cutlasses, three jack-knives, 14 sticks, seven torches, assorted
charms and hard drugs.
The suspects claimed to be on the lookout for cattle
rustlers who stole their cows.
Brigadier General Musa Yusuf, Commander Guards Brigade, said
that arrests showed the determination of the brigade to rid the Federal Capital
Territory of any criminal activity.
Source:
NTA
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