Under Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), troops successfully neutralized three suspected armed herdsmen who attacked them in Apa Local Government Area of Benue State.<\/p>\n
General Sunday Igbinomwanhia, the Force Commander of OPWS, revealed this during a briefing in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, on Monday.<\/p>\n
It’s worth noting that Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) encompasses Nasarawa, Taraba, and Benue states, as reported by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).<\/p>\n
Mr Igbinomwanhia said that the armed herders during the attack, killed one personnel and injured another who was receiving treatment at a hospital in Makurdi.<\/p>\n
According to him, the other troops were currently carrying out a clearance operation to flush out suspected armed foreign herders who have invaded Kwande LGA.<\/p>\n
He alleged that those terrorising some villages in Kwande LGA were suspected armed herdsmen coming into the country through the international border line between Nigeria and Cameroon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Under Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), troops successfully neutralized three suspected armed herdsmen who attacked them in Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. General Sunday Igbinomwanhia, the Force Commander of OPWS, revealed this during a briefing in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, on Monday. It’s worth noting that Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) encompasses Nasarawa, Taraba, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":284691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,376,435,685],"class_list":["post-313065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-benue","tag-herders","tag-hospital","tag-troops"],"yoast_head":"\n