Police Recover 30 Riffles In Benue

The police in Benue State have recovered about 30 sophisticated riffles from various criminals that terrorise agrarian communities in the state.

The state police commissioner, Mr Adams Audu who stated this to newsmen in Makurdi, at the weekend said the recovery was one of the major achievements recorded by the command since he assumed duty.

According to Audu there are some robbers that specialised in dispossessing  traders of their valuable properties and have been terrorising Ukum, Katsina-Ala and Vandikya towns especially on market days.

He disclosed that the command has recently prevented a planned attack by suspected armed bandits who came to the state to gather security information and cause havoc to residents. He said the police acted on tip off.

He noted that the insurgents were armed with dangerous riffles and had lodged in a popular hotel located in the state capital, before the police stormed the place and arrested them. The robbers however escaped but the police recovered three riffles and a vehicle.

The CP said, “The police acted on tip off and had stormed the hotel in which the armed bandits were accommodated. The men of the force went there while they were asleep but they escaped the arrest and we only recovered three dangerous riffles and a vehicle they were using. The command has recovered about 30 riffles since I assumed duty.”

Source: Leadership