CHIEF OF ARMY OF STAFF
The Nigeria soldiers has therefore arrest 72 suspects of which it involves two women in respect o f the current violence in Jos, the Plateau State capital, the Special Military Task force, code named Operation Safe Haven, has said
The military unit also dismissed what it described as “media hype” about fake soldiers in Jos, saying, “there is no fake soldier going from door to door. The dexterity exhibited by soldiers was what marveled the criminals.”
The Commander of OPSH, Maj. Gen. Augustine Agundu, while parading 27 suspects, in Jos on Wednesday evening, stated that although 72 persons were arrested, 30 had confessed to their crimes.officialogomedia.blogspot.com
While condemning what he described as the conspiracy of silence among the elders and elite going on in the state, he warned that the military would no longer tolerate any further attempt to attack the troops.
“But they (elders and elite) keep quiet. If they want to stop this act of violence and criminality, they can do so within a twinkle of an eye,” Agundu stated.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, has blamed the elite and elders in Plateau State for stoking the incessant violence and clashes in the state.
Agundu who represented COAS, stated during the burial ceremony of three soldiers that were recently killed in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area on September 6, 2018.
He Also said, “It is evident that there exist armed ethnic militia groups sponsored or supported by some elite and elders who deploy the misguided youths into committing the worst of heinous crimes. There is certainly no constitutional provision that allows civilians to bear firearms. But their possession has become a well sort-out vocation here in the Plateau.”
he said the body language of the elite and elders, their action and inaction, have emboldened the youth to hurt and kill innocent passers-by at their whims and sudden behaviors
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