NSCDC dismantles notorious gang at Ebonyi/Benue border, recovers arms

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ebonyi State Command, has dismantled a hideout allegedly utilized by a transgression syndicate terrorising communities on the Ebonyi-Benue border.

The raid, which dismantled a cardinal operational basal for hoodlums and cultists astir Izzi Local Government Area, followed weeks of quality gathering and surveillance by information operatives.

Briefing journalists connected the cognition astatine the Command Headquarters successful Abakaliki connected Thursday, the Ebonyi State Commandant, Francis Nnadi, disclosed that the cognition was carried retired by a associated squad comprising operatives of the Command's Intelligence and Investigation Department and the Commandant's Special Squad.

Although the suspects reportedly fled into surrounding bush paths arsenic operatives closed in, a thorough hunt of the hideout led to the betterment of respective weapons and unsafe items.

The recovered items see 1 AK-47 battle rifle, 1 double-loaded magazine, 4 rounds of unrecorded ammunition, 1 locally made pistol, 1 pump-action shotgun, 5 tactical combat knives and assorted transgression charms.

Warning transgression networks seeking to exploit borderline communities, Nnadi declared Ebonyi State a no-go portion for transgression activities, peculiarly arsenic governmental activities up of the wide elections stitchery momentum.

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