Troops kill suspected bandit, arrest two kidnappers in Benue

Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, person killed a suspected bandit and arrested 2 suspected kidnappers during abstracted operations successful Benue State.

The acting Media Information Officer of the task force, Ahmad Zubairu, disclosed this successful a connection issued on Friday.

Zubairu said troops, acting connected credible intelligence, moved against suspected kidnappers who were operating an amerciable checkpoint on the Jortar-Atume axis connected August 19.

According to him, the troops engaged the criminals successful a weapon battle, sidesplitting 1 of the suspected bandits identified by the nickname “Cool Nigga”.

“On arrival, the troops made interaction with the criminals, resulting successful a firefight during which 1 suspected bandit, identified by the nickname ‘Cool Nigga’, was neutralised,” helium said.

The different members of the radical reportedly fled the scene, abandoning a motorcycle which was recovered by the troops.

In different cognition carried retired the aforesaid time successful Logo Local Government Area, soldiers arrested 2 suspected kidnappers astatine Gou Village.

The suspects were identified arsenic 44-year-old Terhile Iyo and 32-year-old Vershima Emmanuel.

The task unit said the suspects allegedly confessed to readying the abductio...