Troops Kill 10 Herdsmen, Arrest 6 Others For Burning Adamawa Village

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Troops of 101 Special Forces Battalion on Excercise Ayem Akpatuma (Cat Race) on Tuesday killed 10 herdsmen and arrested 6 others for setting Gwamba village in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State ablaze

Confirming the report Director of Army Public Relations Brigadier General Texas Chukwu said the troops deployed to the area responded to a distress call and supported troops at Gwamba village under attack by herdsmen.

The Army spokesman said the notorious herdsmen set the village ablaze before the troops’ arrival but determine troops trailed the herdsmen and arrested 6 of them at Garigiji village while trying to escape. He noted that 10 of the herdsmen were killed during the engagement with the troops.

“Troops of 101 special Forces Battalion on Excercise Ayem Akpatuma (Cat Race) deployed at Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State swiftly responded to a distress call and supported troops at Gwamba village under attack by herdsmen on Tuesday 27 February 2018.

“Despite swift reaction to rescue the village from destruction, the notorious herdsmen set the village ablaze before troops arrival. The determine troops trailed the herdsmen and arrested 6 of them at Garigiji village while trying to escape.

“During the process of the arrest the herdsmen show resistance, which made the alerted troops to engaged them and killed 10 of them,” Chukwu said.

He said one AK 47 rifle, 41 rounds of 7.62mm special, one locally made rifle with 25 cartridges, one cutlass, looted clothes and one motorcycle were recovered from the herdsmen

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