The Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army on Monday, April 18,paraded 36 armed herdsmen who were intercepted by troops of the 117 Guards Battalion Keffi along the Abuja-Keffi road on Sunday.
56 other herdsmen were arrested at the Dantata check point between Kuje and the Abuja airport.
According to the spokesperson of the brigade, Captain Bashir Jajira, the 36 herdsmen were arrested at a check point at about 4:30pm on Sunday, April 16 in a Diana truck and a Toyota Camry Salon car.
He said during the interrogation by troops at the check point, the herdsmen said they were headed to Nassarawa LGA of Nassarawa State. Jajira said after a thorough check of the vehicles, one pump action gun, 19 cartridges of ammo, 28 cutlasses, 3 jack-knives, 14 sticks, 7 torches, assorted charms and hard drugs were discovered by the army.
He also said the other group of 56 herdsmen were arrested at the Dantata check point between Kuje and the airport in the Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital Territory. Items found on them included 26 cartridge done guns and 49 cutlasses and knives. He said that all the suspects claimed to be on the lookout for cattle rustlers who stole their cows.
The suspects would be handed over to the police for futher investigation, said Jajira.
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