Troops Nab Fake Soldier, 21 Suspected Criminals In Jos …Gunmen Kill Three, Kidnap Many In Kaduna

The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau State has arrested one James Dogo, for falsely parading himself as a military personnel.
Dogo was arrested alongside one Dotun Shomoye, who specialises in printing identity cards for fake security personnel.
Other 20 suspected criminals, who are between the ages of 20 and 25, were arrested for armed robbery, drug abuse, snatching of phones, and other criminal activities.
The Commander of the task force, Maj-Gen Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, yesterday in Jos, said the suspects were arrested in different locations within Jos metropolis.
Okonkwo said that the raid was aimed at ensuring sanity and ending petty crimes as well as other criminal activities within Jos and environs.
“In our efforts to weed out bad elements across our area of joint operation, we have arrested some criminal elements terrorising the peace loving people of Jos and environs.
“Among them is a fake soldier and printer, who produces identity cards for fake security personnel.
“Similarly, 20 other suspected criminals were arrested as part of our operation, launched to bring sanity to Jos metropolis,” he said.
The commander, who said over 60 suspects were arrested in the past days, added that they would be handed over to the Police for prosecution.
Okonkwo assured Jos and Plateau residents in general of his commitment to ridding the area of criminal elements and ending all forms of insecurity in the state.
He, however, urged members of the public to report suspicious movements and criminal activities around their vicinities to security agencies for prompt action.
The items recovered from the suspects include: Indian hemps, machetes and swords and various types of dagger and knives.
Items recovered from the printer of fake identity cards include: two Dell desk top computers, three CPU, two Canon printers, among others.
Meanwhile, some gunmen in the early hours of yesterday invaded Buda Community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and killed three persons.
The National President of the Adara Development Association, Awemi Dio Maisamari, who confirmed the attack, said scores of persons were also kidnapped during the incident.
Maisamari, in a statement in Kaduna, yesterday, claimed that the attack took place about 2am when the natives were asleep.
The fresh attack occurred a few days after the Justice Isa Aliyu-led Commission of Inquiry into the incessant violent crises in the Kajuru LG, submitted its report to Governor Nasir el-Rufai.
Kajuru is located in Southern Kaduna.
The statement read, “Today, Sunday, 6th September, 2020 at 2.00am, the Adara community of Buda, in Buda Ward of Kajuru LGA came under another deadly attack from suspected Fulani militia.
“The premeditated and unprovoked attack claimed the lives of three people namely Rev Alubara Audu, 45, with five children; Adamu Tata, 40, with four children and Ishaku Peter, 37, with five children. Furthermore, the following persons were abducted – Sani Peter, 25 and Esther Sani Peter, 20.
“At around the same time, the terrorists also abducted five people from neighbouring Kemara Rimi community of Buda Ward. They are Ojo Aminu, 35, Danfulani Makaranta, 37, Namiji Gwamna, 36. Ali Musa, 36 and Grace Mathew, 16.”
The statement, also recalled that “these callous and barbaric attacks sometimes abate but never really stop in Adara community. On Sunday, 16th August, 2020, another fatal attack occurred at Kallah village on the banks of river Kaduna.
“This resulted in the death of Mr. Danladi Abashi, a 50-year-old farmer who ventured near the villages that were invaded and are still occupied by Fulani herdsmen in the Kallah/Gefe/Libere area of Kajuru LGA. His body was only recovered with the help of the police because the herdsmen disallowed Adara people from even approaching the occupied enclave.
“Similarly, the incidents of abductions of innocent people for ransom are also continuing. On 27th August, 2020, five incidents of kidnapping occurred including that of Daniel Shuaibu and Abednego Paul from their residence at Maraban Kajuru.
“During the operation, Mr. Sunday Barau was shot and injured and the abductees are still with their abductors because his helpless family has been unable to meet their demands.