A total of 198 suspects have been arrested and are currently
facing prosecution in courts for violating Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition
Law......
New Benue CP, Fatai Owoseni Benue State Police
Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, who made this known yesterday in Makurdi, said
suspects included those involved in cattle rustling and those who engaged in
open grazing of cattle. Owoseni also disclosed that the Command had arrested 19
suspects over last Sunday’s clash between rival cult groups in Otukpo the
headquarters of Otukpo Local Government Area. He said: “Of that number, we have
been able to establish and identify seven as members of the cult groups, while
12 others were held for their complicity in the matter. “On the whole, 30 suspects
were arrested for cult-related activities within the last one month in the
state.” In the case of robbery, Owoseni said 14 suspects were arrested in the
last one month with 13 different calibre of prohibited firearms, including four
AK-47 rifles and 23 locally-made rifles. He added that the recovered
locally-made rifles were fabricated to suit AK-47 ammunition.
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