Terrorism: Troops Recover Arms Cache in Three States

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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ),  has said troops operating in the North Central and North Western parts of the country have recovered caches of arms and ammunition in those areas.
 
This was disclosed yesterday in a statement signed by the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade. Giving details of where the arms were recovered, Olukolade said during a cordon and search operation at Anyibe, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, troops seized a cache of arms run by a young member of an armed gang.
 
According to him, two rifles, three locally fabricated pistols and 61 rounds of special ammunition were recovered during the operation and the arrested gang member is currently being interrogated.
 
Also in Plateau State, the defence spokesman said the cordon and search operation in two chiefdoms of the state led to the recovery of five guns, three locally fabricated pistols and two revolvers from the hideouts of armed gangs at Hukke and Reweinko.
 
"Other items recovered during the operation were some Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) making materials, 45 live cartridges, various calibre of ammunition, bows and arrows and other items such as cutlasses, axes and diggers," he revealed.
 
In Kaduna State, Olukolade noted that the troops encountered armed gangs at Kwandaga during which, some casualties were recorded and lots of arms and ammunition recovered.
He emphasised that the operation to rid the North-central and North-west parts of the federation of armed gangs is tagged: 'Operation Restore Peace' and is still in progress in various locations.
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