Troops of “Operation Enduring Peace” (OPEP) have begun a manhunt for suspected gunmen who attacked a navy checkpoint and took away their weapons in Plateau State.
The navy media and data officer of OPEP, Captain Polycarp Otteh, made the disclosure in an interview with LEADERSHIP in Jos.
He stated, “Efforts are ongoing to arrest the perpetrators of the military checkpoint attacks with a view to recovering the stolen weapons.”
The incident occurred on the Sopp checkpoint in Ungwan Boka, Riyom native authorities space, the place the troops have been holding vigil.
Security sources stated the gunmen opened fireplace on the troops from totally different instructions, resulting in an alternate of gunfire earlier than they fled into the encircling bushes.
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