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- Recovers five fabricated AK-47 rifles
From Jude Dangwam, Jos
The Commander Operation SAFE HAVEN (COPSH) and General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Abdulsalami Abubakar has temporarily moved the Headquarters of the Special Force to Mangu barely 24 hours after he assumed duty following the carnage emanating from the unprovoked attacks on innocent communities of Mangu LGA of Plateau State.
The Commander maintained that he will not leave the troubled area until he halted the bloodbath in the council area, an effort that has restored normalcy at Sabon Gari of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, following the recent attack in the area that claimed 12 lives.
General Abdulsalami who assumed Command on 8th July 2023 as the COPSH and GOC 3 Div NA, visited the affected area on Sunday 9th July 2023, to have an on-the-ground assessment of the situation and proffer an immediate solution to the lingering crisis.
The Media Information Officer of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), Captain Oya James, told reporters on Monday that the Commander has reiterated his position that “peace must be restored on the Plateau by every legitimate means possible.”
He said the Commander led an operation in the Council area that resulted in the recovery of “five fabricated AK-47 rifles, 19 rounds 7.62mm special and 4 rounds of 7.62 mm Nato from the two communities involved.
“Commander also led the enforcement of the 24-hour curfew imposed on Mangu local government area by the Executive Governor of Plateau State, Barr Caleb Mutfwang in order to allow security forces to restore law and order in the affected communities and arrested 36 curfew defaulters” who were later freed after strong warnings.
