Troops of 101 special Forces Battalion on Excercise Ayem Akpatuma
(Cat Race) deployed at Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State
swiftly responded to distress call and supported troops at Gwamba
village under attack by herdsmen on Tuesday 27 February 2018.
Despite
swift reaction to rescue the village from destruction, the notorious
herdsmen set the village ablaze before troops arrival.
The determined troops trailed the herdsmen and arrested 6 of them
at Garigiji village while trying to escape.
During the process of the
arrest the herdsmen showed resistance, which made the alerted troops to
engaged them and killed 10 of them.
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, looted clothes and one motorcycle,
