Army arrests 5 hoodlums terrorising Benue community
May 9, 2018
Five armed hoodlums have been arrested by the Nigerian Army at Tse-Dum village in Mbawar Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
The suspects were identified as John Yobeh, Terso Nyaku, Agboh Ukume, Thomas Adum and Faaga Uereyev.
Lt. Col. Suleiman Muhammad, the Commanding Officer of 72 Battalion, who paraded the suspects, said the troops of 707 Special Forces Brigade in Makurdi, apprehended the suspects in continuation of the offensive launched against those troubling the area.
According to Muhammad, one of the suspects died in the process of their arrest while the remaining five paraded with the weapons in their possession would be made to face the law.