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Arrest
By Shedrach Kabruk
Jos, Sept. 15, 2016 (NAN) The Commander of the Plateau Special Task Force (STF), Maj.- Gen. Nicholas Rajer, said the team had arrested more than 300 suspects within three months of his assumption of office.
Rajer disclosed this on Thursday in Jos during a consultative Dialogue Conference on Youths, Security and Governance, organised by Centre for Youths Participation and Advocacy (CYPA).
According to him, most of the offences the suspects committed bordered on illegal possession of weapons, selling and consumption of hard drugs.
“It is these drugs that embolden youths to indulge in all manner of crime,’’ he said.
He said most of the suspects were youths that engaged in illegal possession of weapons and hard drugs.
Rager appealed to the general public to give maximum cooperation to the team to enable it to restore peace in the state.
In his remarks, Mr Chris Iyama, Director ,CYPA), advised youths to shun all forms of criminal activities and engage in developmental programmes. (NAN)
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