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The Nigerian Army said troops of 101 Special Forces Battalion on Exercise Ayem Akpatuma (Cat Race) have arrested six notorious herdsmen who invaded and set on fire Gwamba village in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
In a statement, the Nigerian Army said “despite swift reaction to rescue the village from destruction, the notorious herdsmen set the village ablaze before troops arrival. The determine troops trailed the herdsmen and arrested 6 of them at Garigiji village while trying to escape”.
According to the statement, during the process of the arrest, the herdsmen showed resistance, which made the alerted troops to engaged them killing 10.
TheNewsGuru reports items recovered from the herdsmen are: one AK 47 rifle, 41 rounds of 7.62mm special, one locally made rifle with 25 cartridges & one cutlass among others.
The troops of the 101 Special Forces Battalion deployed at Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa state swiftly responded to the distress call and supported the troops at Gwamba village under attack by herdsmen on Tuesday 27 February 2018.