Samuel Ortom, Benue state governor, says two officials of
Konshisha LGA and two traditional rulers have been detained in connection with
the killing of 11 soldiers and a captain in Bonta village.
Ortom on Monday said their arrest was part of the resolution
of the state’s security council.
Those arrested are Sam Kave, deputy chairman, Konshisha LGA;
Tersoo Mela, councillor representing Mbatser/Mbaguza ward; Unaha Koko, the
district head of Iwarnyam and Emmanuel Adegbenda, head of Bonta.
Reading the resolutions of the security council, the
governor said the four suspects had useful information that could lead to the
arrest of the killers of the soldiers.
The soldiers were killed on April 5 while on an operation to
restore peace between warring communities in Konshisha and Oju LGAs.
Ortom said the council in collaboration with other
stakeholders had recovered eight AK-47 machine guns.
“The council commended the minister of defence and service
chiefs for allowing the state government and its security council to wade into
the matter and help recover the lost weapons instead of the military going to
do so themselves,” he said.
“Since then, we have not slept. We did everything to ensure
that we recover the arms and by the grace of God we are able to recover eight
AK47 plus the one the army recovered themselves earlier making it nine.
“We also recovered the machine gun that the militia took
from them too and all the recovered weapons have been handed over to the army
already.”
The governor said Benue state executive council will meet to
discuss how to assist the families of the 12 military personnel.
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