Benue State Police Command said it has arrested 14 suspects who hijacked the peaceful protest by some youths in Makurdi, the state capital, on Sunday. The suspects, the command said, obstructed a roadway in Apir, an outskirts of Makurdi, forcefully stopped a truck and set it ablaze with the yet-to-be-identified driver trapped inside. This is contained in the statement by …

Security operatives have been deployed to rescue the 20 medical students who were abducted along the Otukpo-Otukpa-Enugu Road on Thursday evening. Speaking to The PUNCH on Friday, the spokesperson for the state command, Superintendent of Police Catherine Anene, said the command, in conjunction with other security agencies, had deployed officers to ensure that the abducted medical students were rescued. She …

The operatives of Benue State Police Command have busted a suspected arms-producing and marketing syndicate operating in the Adikpo-Vandeikya Local Government Area axis of the state. The special operation also led to the arrest of suspected armed robbers and ritualists, in Makurdi, the state capital. The arrest of about 20 suspects was contained in a statement, yesterday, in Makurdi by the …