Commandant, 72 Battalion in Makurdi, Lt Colonel Suleiman Mohammed, on Saturday paraded the three militia herdsmen captured by troops while keeping the peace in Benue State.
The herdsmen were said to have been captured last Thursday while they were planning another deadly attack in Guma Local Government Area of the state by soldiers who were on patrol.
The commandant said that the armed herdsmen had engaged the troops in a gun battle before three of them were captured. One of them was wounded.
The captured herdsmen were identified as; Abubakar Umaru, Yusuf Alhaji Yaro and Adam Likita.
Mohammed said, “The three militia paraded were arrested in Guma area where they were planning another attack.
“Immediately they sighted the troops, they engaged them in gunfire, but the troops were able to arrest these suspects.”
Paraded along with the militia herdsmen were; AK 47, charms, handset and ammunition.
Two of the suspects; Umaru and Yusuf during an interview with newsmen claimed that their meeting point was near a river under a mango tree in Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa state.
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