Troops of three Division and Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH), supported by an intelligence company, carried out an intelligence-led operation within the early hours of Sunday, resulting in the arrest of a infamous gunrunner and kidnapper, Mr. Saeedu Haruna, at Marit Mazat in Barkin Ladi Native Authorities Space (LGA) of Plateau State.
In a press release issued on Sunday in Jos, the Media Data Officer of Operation SAFE HAVEN, Main Samson Nantip Zhakom, stated the arrest of Haruna adopted a previous operation that led to the seize of one other gunrunner and kidnapper, Mr. Yahaya Adamu, at Barakin Gangare, additionally in Barkin Ladi LGA, on Might 10, 2025.
Throughout the follow-up operation, troops recovered one AK-47 rifle, an AK-47 journal, and one Itel cell phone from Haruna.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Haruna and his syndicate are liable for a number of prison actions in Gashish and Kurra Falls in Barkin Ladi LGA, in addition to Gwantu and Fadan Karshe in Sanga LGA of Kaduna State.
“The arrested suspects are making helpful confessions whereas in custody. Efforts are ongoing to trace and arrest different members of the prison syndicate and get well extra weapons,” the assertion stated.
Operation SAFE HAVEN counseled the cooperation of the general public in exposing prison hideouts and urged residents to proceed offering credible info to safety forces of their quest to flush out non-state actors and defend lives and property within the Joint Operations Space.
Will probably be recalled that Barkin Ladi, Riyom, Mangu, and Bassa LGAs in Plateau State have been among the many worst-hit areas in latest assaults.
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