What would have amounted to another tragedy was over the week averted in Benue State as the state Police Command nabbed 15 persons and intercepted a car laden with dangerous weapons allegedly belonging to one of the local government chairmanship aspirants at the rescheduled ward congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state.
According to report, the Toyota Corolla car (number withheld), which has been impounded and parked at the Okpokwu Divisional Headquarters, was said to be conveying some of the suspects to the venue of the congresses at about 9 a.m.when policemen, acting on a tip off, swooped on them.
The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer for Benue State, ASP Ejike Alaribe, confirmed that 15 hoodlums were arrested in Okpoga with some exhibits.
“What I can tell you is that some people were arrested with exhibits but nobody has told me anything about arms and ammunition”, he stressed.
Alaribe added that the arrested suspects had been transferred to the Benue State Police Command Headquarters in Makurdi, the state’s capital for further investigations.
Benue,the food basket of the nation has constantly being in the news in recent time. The Suswam’s led state is indeed facing trying moments. From the massacre of indigenes by Funlani herdsmen to the communal clash that claimed several lives and property.
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