The operations, conducted by troops of Operation ENDURING PEACE (OPEP) and the 33 Artillery Brigade, also resulted in the recovery of an AK-47 rifle, ammunition, motorcycles, communication equipment, fuel, camouflage uniforms and other logistics used by the criminal groups.
Makinde gave the assurance on Sunday during a visit to the community, where he commiserated with residents over the Palm Sunday attack that claimed 33 lives and left several others injured.
The task force said its troops were deployed to the affected communities on October 20 to assess the security situation after reports of gunshots in Mai Farin Moto, Maraban Dere and adjoining communities, alongside the suspected killing of a resident identified as Adamu Suleiman.
Seven passengers were reportedly shot when gunmen ambushed a vehicle conveying 20 people from the Kara Bukuru livestock market in Plateau State on Sunday evening.
The Plateau State Government has imposed an immediate dusk-to-dawn curfew on three local government areas following a fresh wave of attacks that reportedly left several people dead and heightened tension across affected communities.
Nigerian Army troops have foiled a suspected planned attack on Mwar Community in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State following intelligence of an imminent assault by suspected bandit militias.
The operation followed reports of cattle rustling allegedly...
July 2 (THEWILL) — Troops of Operation ENDURING PEACE have neutralised six terrorists, arrested a suspected gun runner, and recovered three locally fabricated rifles in a series of coordinated operations across Jos South, Barkin Ladi, and Bokkos Local Government...
June 22 (THEWILL) — At least 22 people have been killed and several others injured following a deadly midnight attack on the Kawel community in Mushere District of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The attack, carried out by...
June 16, (THEWILL) — Suspected gunmen, on Monday night, launched a deadly attack on the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, near Jos, killing a police officer and two soldiers during a fierce exchange of...
May 08, (THEWILL) — Outrage has trailed a fresh deadly attack on the Ngbra Zongo community in Kwall District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, where no fewer than 13 persons, including three pregnant women, were killed...
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
