Troops Destroy Bandits’ Camp, Arrest Seven Suspected Cultists in Benue
The Nigerian Army has intensified operations across the North-Central region, destroying a major bandits’ camp in Taraba State and arresting seven suspected cultists in Benue in coordinated offensives under Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS). According to a statement released on Saturday by Lieutenant Umar Muhammad, Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, troops of 6 Brigade, Jalingo, carried out a large-scale clearance operation around border villages in Takum Local Government Area on Friday. The patrol, which covered Tor-Tser, Kofar Ahmadu, Tornyi, Unom, Mbayongo and Yongogba, was based on intelligence that armed groups were plotting attacks and using remote farmlands as hideouts. “Following credible intelligence, troops swiftly redeployed to TY Farm in Tati, where bandits were sighted,” the statement read. “Confronted with superior firepower, the criminals fled deep into the forest.” The soldiers later destroyed the hideout, recovering one Dane gun and several […]