Photo of the deadly and armed Fulani herdsmen arrested by the army (Photo:Ronald Mutum)
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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