Three suspected bandits and a logistics supplier linked to terrorists within and outside Taraba state have been arrested by troops from 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army and Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke in Taraba State.
The Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Captain Olubodunde Oni, said the arrest followed credible intelligence reports.
Captain Oni, who gave the names of the suspects as Adamu Abubakar, Mohammed Bello and Musa Adamu, said the suspects were arrested at Jeb-Jeb, a border community between Taraba and Plateau states.
He said the suspects were behind a series of criminal activities, including armed robbery, kidnappings, and violent assaults on communities in the area.
Oni pointed that preliminary investigations showed that the suspects have been active in the state for several years and efforts are ongoing to apprehend other members of the criminal syndicate.
The Army spokesperson also noted that a key terrorists’ logistics supplier working with a notorious terrorist group in Taraba State was arrested in a separate operation in Bunka village of Lau LGA.