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Tension In Abia As Soldiers ‘Gun Down’ IPOB Members

Tension As Soldiers ‘Beat Taxi Driver To Death’ In Jos

There is palpable tension in Plateau State following reports that Soldiers attached to Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a multi-security taskforce, maintaining peace in Plateau, allegedly beat a taxi driver, Sadik Abdullahi Karafa, to death.

According to reports, the deceased was reportedly beaten by the soldiers stationed at Paringada Market while returning from Mangu before the curfew hour.

The curfew is from 10 pm to 6 am but Sadik was said to have returned around 9:20 pm.

Abdullahi Karafa, an elder brother of the deceased, narrated how his brother was killed by the soldiers.

He said: ‘We were at home

Military apprehends 123 palliative looters in Jos

Military Apprehends 123 Palliative Looters In Jos

The Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), 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 …