SAN FRANCISCO, February 21, (THEWILL) –Â The police have paraded four herdsmen allegedly involved in the killing of nine of their personnel and several civilians in the wanton killings witnessed in both Benue and Nasarawa communities since January 1, 2018.
The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of Operations, Mr Habila Joshak, paraded the suspects on Tuesday evening at the Benue State Police Command in Makurdi, the state capital.
Joshak also informed reporters the arrests were made in Tunga, a community in Nasarawa State adding that credible intelligence and confessions of the suspects have led to more arrest of the perpetrators.
THEWILL recalls that Tunga was the same place where Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state had declared as the hideout of the armed marauding herders.
Joshak also stated that the Police was able to recover a large cache of arms and has made series of breakthrough, adding that police would parade more of the suspects soon.
