Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have arrested nineteen persons connected to politically motivated kidnappings, illegal supply of over 2,000 rounds of ammunition and four AK47 to political groups in Gboko and Katsina Ala Local Councils of the state during the 2019 general elections.
The commander of OPW Major General Adeyemi Yekini while parading the suspects in Makurdi the state capital says, a major supplier to the political groups in Gboko and wanted militia leader in Katsina Ala, was apprehended.He further revealed that four other kidnappers were arrested by troops of OPWS in Nasarawa Toto local council on allegation of kidnapping and cattle rustling.
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