Troops take custody of suspected army deserter arrested by police in Plateau

Nigerian troops of Operation Enduring Peace person taken custody of a suspected Nigerian Army deserter.

The fishy was arrested by the constabulary during a raid cognition successful Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State.

This was disclosed successful a station connected X on Friday by Zagazola Makama, a information and counter-insurgency adept successful the Lake Chad region.

Makama, citing quality sources, stated that the soldier, identified arsenic Yakubu Bilal, was arrested by operatives of the Keystone Police Division during a raid successful Pankshin on Wednesday.

Following the arrest, troops of Sector 8 of Operation Enduring Peace moved to the constabulary presumption and took custody of the fishy for further subject investigation.

According to the report, preliminary probe revealed that the worker allegedly deserted from his unit, 24 Task Force Brigade, successful 2024 and had since been absent without authoritative authorisation.

Military sources said interaction has been established with the soldier’s genitor portion to facilitate the indispensable administrative and disciplinary procedures.

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