Police in Nasarawa recover rustled cattle from Plateau, arrest suspect

Security operatives successful Nasarawa State person recovered stolen cattle believed to person been rustled from Plateau State, pursuing an intelligence-led operation.

The improvement was contained successful a station shared connected X connected Monday by information expert Zagazola Makama.

According to the report, detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) successful Lafia acted connected credible accusation astir suspicious cattle being sold astatine the Lafia marketplace connected April 19.

The operatives moved to the marketplace and arrested a suspect, identified arsenic Alhaji Ziya-U Inusa, who was recovered with 11 cows suspected to person been stolen.

During questioning, the fishy reportedly said helium bought 12 cows from a paramount ruler successful Plateau State but was lone capable to transport 11 owed to constricted space.

Further probe led to the recognition of the proprietor of the cattle, Abdullahi Adamu, from Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State.

“Adamu explained that the animals were portion of a herd of 57 cattle that were rustled successful May 2025 by equipped youths, and efforts to retrieve them had failed until now,” Makama wrote.

Security sources said the recovered cows are present safe, portion investigations are ong...