Yesterday in Jos at the Headquarters of the Special Military Task force there was a lot of confusion, codenamed ‘Operation Safe Haven’ in Jos, Plateau State over alleged theft of 209 cows by suspected rustle. The Commander of OPSH, Maj. Gen.
Anthony Atolagbe, had stated that 200 cows were missing, out of which 100 had been recovered and 20 found dead.
He added that some of the suspects had been arrested. But the spokesman for the agency, Maj. Umar Adams, said no arrest had been made.
Adams said, “Up till now, there is no arrest; the security operatives are still on their trail and so far, they are still recovering more of the cows. They recovered about five cows and one sheep yesterday (Wednesday) while on the trail of the rustlers.”
When reminded of the statement from the OPSH Commander, he said, “I am not aware of any statement. The only statement I am aware of is the one I am telling you now and no arrest has been made.
“However, our personnel have been deployed and they are carrying out raids to ensure that they arrest the perpetrators. And in the course of the operation, they have been able to recover about five cows and one sheep. For now, there has been no arrest.”
Unofficial sources said 20 persons had been arrested for cow rustling in the state.
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