Seriki Adinoyi in Jos
Military task force in Jos has paraded 11 suspected criminals and also displayed cache of weapons seized from them in the month of May, 2017.
The task force Commander, Major General Nicholas Rogers, while parading the suspected criminals at the command headquarters in Jos, explained that seven suspected criminals were killed during recovery of the weapons because they engaged the troops of the command.
The rifles recovered included seven automatic guns, 17 pistols and other locally made guns.
Rogers said: “As you will recall we were in the bush for Operation Harbin Kunama II exercise, and in the course of the operation we were able to make the arrest of the suspected criminals and recovered these arms in Plateau and some parts of Southern Kaduna.â€
The general imployed the public to give the security personnel strategic information to help it tackle crime in the area.
