Military Arrests 41 Soldiers, Police, Traditional Rulers Over Alleged Arms Sales to Terrorists
Military Arrests 41 Soldiers, Police, Traditional Rulers Over Alleged Arms Sales to Terrorists
Troops of the Joint Task Force, North-east Operation Hadin Kai, said that they apprehended no fewer than 41 soldiers, police personnel, and traditional leaders for allegedly selling arms and ammunition to terrorists and other enemies of the state in the North-east and other zones in the country.
Also, Nigerian military has discredited a viral report attributed to Amnesty International on killings, abductions, and displacements in the country within a given period, stating that the fallacious press statement claimed that over 148 villages have been sacked by gunmen across seven local government areas of Benue State and a looming humanitarian crisis which is being ignored.
In its effort to win the hearts and minds of the populace especially those within the area of responsibility of the Joint Task Force, South-east, Operation Udo Ka, and counter extremist ideology of the criminal elements, has suffered a setback as the FM station – Udo Ka FM, established to achieve the above objectives, is currently operating below its installed capacity.
On terrorism, the military also expressed concern over the observed increase in cases of collusion by some non-governmental organisations who convey additives and food items to terrorist locations under the guise of humanitarian assistance.
The military high command further revealed that the troops apprehended 18 serving soldiers, 15 policemen, and eight traditional rulers selling arms to non-state actors.
Addressing defence correspondents who were in Maiduguri on the biannual media tour of Operation Hadin Kai’s theatre area of responsibility, the Theatre Commander, OPHK Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar, stated that the operations were conducted across 11 states, with suspects arrested in Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Enugu, Lagos, Plateau, Kaduna, Rivers, Taraba, and the Federal Capital Territory.
According to him, “So far, a total of 18 soldiers, 15 mobile policemen, and eight civilians, including a traditional ruler, have been arrested.
