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Conflict● Elevated32m ago · Nov 8, 2026, 1:14 PM

Troops neutralise suspected criminal, arrest five in Plateau

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Vanguard Nigeria · Sub-Saharan Africa

Military sources disclosed that the suspected criminal, identified as Abubakar Ango, was arrested on November 4 by troops of Sector 2 OPEP at Kukawa village in Wase. The post Troops neutralise suspected criminal, arrest five in Plateau appeared first on Vanguard News.

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