By Linus Aleke
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), on Wednesday, said the troops of Operations Safe Haven killed many bandits in Plateau and Kaduna states during clearance operations within its area of responsibility.
Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Benard Onyeuko who said this in a statement in Abuja, also disclosed that the troops apprehended 10 armed robbery suspects at Kafanchan Town, Jema’a Local Government Area Kaduna State.
He gave the name of the suspects as, “Messrs Manga Ismail 22 years, Idris Haruna (Ban Sambo) 20 years, Sani Bali 19 years, Shamsudeen Ladan 25 years, Abdulmajid Yau (Sele) 22 years, Abubakar Hassan 23 years, Abbas Aliyu 15 years, Mohammed Umar (Jazuli) 17 years, Jonathan Vincent (Bamai) 19 years and Stephen Joseph 25 years”.
According to the statement, “Troops of Operation Safe Haven in a sustained effort to eliminate criminal elements in their Area of operation on 28 June 2022 based on credible intelligence conducted clearance operation in conjunction with vigilantes at Kan Duniya Village, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, Plateau State, neutralized notorious bandit and kidnapper. Similarly, on the same day, troops on fighting patrol sighted 2 suspected kidnappers around Sara High Ground Mangu Local Government Area Plateau State on a motorcycle”.
Gen. Onyeuko said the suspects abandoned their motorcycle on sighting troops and fled.
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“Troop exploited area and recovered 2 AK47 rifles, 101 rounds of 7.62mm special, 5 magazines, 1 motor cycle, 1 iron digger and 2 black jackets amongst others. Furthermore, on 28 June 2022 based on intelligence, troops conducted a cordon search operation at Fanock Village, Jema’a Local Government Area Kaduna State and found a Toyota Corolla car with registration number ABUJA KUJ 452 AZ with no occupant. Troops conducted search operations in the surrounding bush and rescued 3 kidnaped civilians; 2 females and a male,” the statement further revealed.
Defence Media Operations spokesperson added that Items recovered from the criminals include: TV, DVD, gas cookers, Mattrasses, woofer, phones, scissors, among others.
He said that they are currently undergoing interrogations
The military high command commended troops of Operation Safe Haven and encouraged the public to avail troops with credible and timely information on criminal activities.
