A senior Amazonian officer who was allegedly making life difficult for Taraba border communities has been apprehended.
It should be remembered that in recent times, communities who share boundaries with the Cameroon Republic have been living in fear because to the actions of Amazonian soldiers from Cameroon.
All of the attacks on the border settlements were said to have been planned by the arrested commander, whose name was provided as General Basile.
Abimbola Shokoya, the state police commissioner, confirmed the arrest on Thursday and stated that the suspect was taken into custody on Wednesday in one of the Kurmi local government council’s communities.
He said the suspect will be prosecuted as soon as preliminary investigations are completed by the command.
Stressing how the information made available to the command by some good persons led to the tracking down of the suspect, he urged others with similar information that could lead to the arrest of his gang members, to make them available to the command.
The commissioner said the suspect’s arrest will bring relief to citizens of both countries where the criminal is alleged to have concubines.
Before the arrest, the chairman of the Kurmi council, Amamzalla John Danladi Joseph, had on several occasions alerted the world of the massive presence of Amazonian soldiers in his council.
It would be recalled that a community in Takum council, was recently crushed by the Amazonian soldiers where no fewer than ten persons including a monarch were killed.
While his arrest brought joy in some parts of the council, the community where the arrest was made, has, however, been filled with fear.
Some persons from the community said the gang members of the arrested commander have threatened to attack the community if their commander is not urgently released.
Dispelling their fears, the commissioner encouraged them to go about their legitimate business as measures to bring all the gang members to their knees, have been mapped out.
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