Military Arrests Weapon Supplier to Benue’s Most Wanted Criminal Kingpin, 17 Others
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke operating in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states have arrested 19 suspects for offences bothering on armed banditry, kidnapping and weapons supply.
“Gentlemen, you have seen and interviewed the suspects and I can tell you with every sense of responsibility that these suspected criminals are perhaps, the most deadly set of criminals that we have ever arrested since the inception of Operation Whirl Stroke and our hope is that, the prosecuting authorities will do a good job so that these people can be removed from the society for a very long time.
“So when he was sure that he had covered himself well enough after two-month period, he appeared again at Abuja to continue his weapons supply activities to Gana. This time around, he was not that lucky as we were able to arrest him with the support of Guards Brigade troops. We tracked him to somewhere between Kashi and Kurudu in Abuja where we arrested him,” Yekini explained.
“You will recall that some VIPs were kidnapped in Gboko of recent. These 10 people were responsible for most of the kidnappings. They also spread their criminal tentacles beyond Gboko into Vandeikya and parts of Cross River State. Since we made the arrests, the rate of kidnappings had gone down considerably in Gboko and we intend to keep it so.
Speaking to newsmen, Imbwase admitted that he was arrested in connection with arms and weapons supply.
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