Plateau Police arrest cultists, bandits, recover human skull, firearm

The Plateau State Police Command has announced the apprehension of aggregate suspects including cultists, bandits, and kidnappers, linked to cult violence, amerciable arms possession, and execution crossed the state.

The State Commissioner of Police, CP Bassey Ewah, who briefed newsmen connected the activities of the Force astatine the Police Headquarters successful Jos connected Friday, said the Command had recorded breakthroughs successful its ongoing crackdown connected crime, which included the betterment of a quality skull and amerciable firearms from the suspects.

CP Ewah disclosed that operatives, acting connected credible intelligence, arrested a 31-year-old fishy identified arsenic David Ponnan successful the aboriginal hours of April 29 astatine JUTH, Lamingo country and items recovered from him included a locally made double-barrelled pistol, a pump-action cartridge, and a quality skull.

“The fishy claimed helium took the firearm from a section vigilante operative and converted it for idiosyncratic use. Investigations are ongoing to find the afloat circumstances surrounding the disturbing discovery,” the Police Commissioner said.

He added that successful a abstracted cognition connected April 3...