The Taraba state Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two Boko Haram commanders in the state.
The Commissioner of Police, CP, Shaba Alkali, who made the announcement at a press conference in Jalingo on Wednesday, said one of the commanders, Ali Audu, was arrested in Tella, Gassol Local Government Area while the other, Abdulmumini Abdullahi, was arrested in Bali Local Government Area.
Alkali said, “Audu was arrested on February 22 in Tella while Abdullahi was arrested in Bali on March 5.
“The command has since handed over the two kingpins, Ali Audu, alias Dungu and Abdulmumini Abdullahi from Yadi Burni to the military base in Yobe.”
In a related development, the CP also confirmed the death of seven persons in the ongoing communal crisis in Ibi Local government Area of the state.
He said the command has already deployed enough men to contain the situation and restore normalcy to the area.
While appealing to the public to feel free to provide the command with timely information to enable it tackle crime in the state, the CP vowed to deal with the perpetrators and their sponsors ”no matter how highly placed they might be.”
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