The Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH),maintaining peace in Plateau has arrested 123 suspects for vandalising and looting items from private businesses and government properties in Jos.
The Commander of the task force, Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, presented the suspects to newsmen on Sunday in Jos.
Okonkwo said that the suspects defied the 24-hour curfew imposed by the State Government to perpetrate the criminal act.
He said some of the suspects were arrested while looting properties at the Plateau Agricultural and Development Agency (PADP), located at Dogon Dutse of Jos North Local Government Area of the state.
Others, he said, were arrested while trying to vandalise and loot private shops at West of Mines area of the locality.
The commander said that the arrest was aimed at curbing all forms of criminality in the state, adding that it would also serve as deterrent to others.
“We arrested these suspects while vandalising and looting private…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
