The Commander Operation SAFE HAVEN and General Officer Commanding 3rd Division Jos, Major General Ibrahim Ali, said the Command has recovered 517 small arms and light weapons from bandits and criminal elements within its area of operation.
Gen. Ali made the disclosure, yesterday, at a press briefing and handing over of the small arms and light weapons to the Zonal Coordinator, North Central, National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (ACCSALW), at the Headquarters of Operation SAFE HAVEN, Jos.
He said: “The operational successes recorded by troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN, recently, has led to the recovery of 517 small arms and light weapons from criminal elements.
This comprises 40 automatic weapons and 477 locally fabricated firearms.
“The automatic weapons include 26xAK 47 rifle, 1x FN rifle, 2x Beretta rifle, 3x G3 rifle, 6x Beretta pistol, 1x Harris Burg pistol and 1 x SMG.”
“The locally fabricated weapons comprises 183 x locally fabricated rifles, 163 x Dane guns, 102 x locally fabricated pistols and 19 x locally fabricated SMG. Others include 6 x single Barrel Guns and 1 x pump Action.”
Gen. Ali also dispelled the unfounded campaign of calumny trending on some social media platforms that he has been compromising and taking side with a particular ethnic group in the conflict between farmers and herders in Plateau.
Gen. Ali also dispelled the unfounded campaign of calumny trending on some social media platforms that he has been compromising and taking side with a particular ethnic group in the conflict between farmers and herders in Plateau.
(The Sun)
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