Army nabs 18 herdsmen with weapons in Southern Kaduna

…bloody clash averted


The Nigerian Army over the weekend arrested 18 suspected Fulani herdsmen with sophisticated weapons in Kachia Local Government Area of Southern part of Kaduna State in a, attack planned to be bloody.

National Mirror gathered that the incident happened in Laduga Fulani settlement in Kachia in the early hours of Sunday.

It was further learnt that the military also averted what would have been a bloody clash in the troubled Southern Kaduna.

Troops from the 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna, acting on a security tip, successfully nabbed the suspects and recovered arms.
The army said it carried out the operation to avoid a planned reprisal move, following alleged attack of some Fulani herdsmen recently in Southern Kaduna.

The spokesman, 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Col. Usman Abdul, who spoke on telephone, said the military carried out the action in good faith and for public good.

His words: “We got reports that there is possibility of reprisal  attacks following the killing of seven Fulani herdsmen after the  killings in Manchok.


“It was this that influenced this foiled attack; hence we moved into action, if not, we would have been talking a different thing now.

“We do not leave anything to chance; rather we went into the area  around 4am and sealed the area. We recovered arms and arrested about 18 persons.”

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by AZA MSUE 

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