The Nigerian Police, on Wednesday said that they have arrested 17 suspects and recovered different types of arms and ammunitions since it started a special operation in southern Kaduna in Kaduna State.
The special security operation, tagged: “Operation Harmony,” is to restore lasting peace in southern Kaduna.
It was launched on December 24.
The Deputy Inspector General in charge of the operation, Habila Joshak, paraded the suspects to news men in Kafanchan.
Joshak said the suspects were all linked to the crisis.
The items recovered from the suspects included six locally made AK-47 guns, four pump action guns, two revolver guns and one single barrel gun.
Joshak also said 75 different of types of ammunitions and 13 cartridges were recovered.
The DIG said N400,000 cash was recovered from two suspects who came from Niger State to purchase arms.
Joshak said the success was recorded through intelligence reports and good working relationship with other security agencies.
He said: “The perparators of this crime must be brought to book and face the law.
“Our mandate is to see that lasting peace is returned to the whole of southern Kaduna.”
Joshak appealed to traditional rulers and religious leaders to preach peace to their people.
He also called on journalists to always be professional in their reporting.
He said: “We are committed to bringing lasting peace to the area and we urge the public to give the security operatives maximum cooperation to achieve that.”
Meanwhile, the Chairman Jema’a Foundation, Malam Muhammad Kassim, has commended the government and security operatives for bringing peace to the area.
Kassim called for the dismantling of all illegal road blocks.
He urged the security agencies to maintain the tempo until lasting peace was achieved.
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