The soldiers of
the Guards Brigade of the Nigeria Army have arrested 92 Fulani herdsmen in
Abuja.
The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations of the Guards Brigade,
Capt. Bashir Jajira, said that 36 of the suspects were arrested by the troops
at a military checkpoint between the Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa
State.
The suspected
herdsmen were said to have told the soldiers that they were on a mission to
recover their stolen cows.
He said that 56 others who were also armed were arrested by the
soldiers at a military checkpoint at Dantata, along the Abuja Airport Road.
He
said that the troops recovered ‘one pump action gun, 19 cartridge dane guns,
118 cartridge ammo, 28 cutlasses, 3 jack knives, 14 sticks, 7 torch lights,
certificate of occupancy, assorted charms and hard drugs.’
He said, “A
group of 36 herdsmen in Diana Truck and Toyota Camry car with registration
number Abu Kuje 994 FX and Niger SUL 541 XA were intercepted and arrested at
177 Guards Battalion location by Keffi checkpoint.
“During the interrogation by troops at the checkpoint, they claimed to
be going to Nasarawa Local Government in Nasarawa State.”
He said that the arrested herdsmen would be handed over to the police
for prosecution.
This came just as President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the deployment
of military to all parts of the country currently witnessing bloody clashes
between herdsmen and farmers.
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