Army Speaks On Buhari Linking Herdsmen To Libya

The Defence Headquarters has revealed that more than 162 herders have been handed over to the Police for probe as the accused are said to have links with Libya.

President Muhammadu Buhari had recently claimed that herdsmen who have killed several persons in the country were trained and armed in Libya.

And according to a breakdown by the DHQ, 147 herdsmen were handed over to the Benue State Police Command.

This is in addition to 15 that were handed over to the Taraba State Police Command since the Operation Ayem Akpatuma started on February 15.

Acting Director of Defence Information Brig.-Gen. John Agim said on Saturday that, “We have handed over the suspects to the police. The rest is for the police to find out. If I start telling you whatever, I am doing the police’s job.

“Before the herdsmen are taken to court, the police would profile them appropriately and know where they get their training from.

“You must understand that the President of the country has a helicopter view of the country. He has a lot of information at his disposal.

“So, wherever they (the herdsmen) come from, they are causing havoc to our country and that is very important to us. And that is what all of us must fight to prevent.

“The President has disclosed this information based on the intelligence at his disposal and you cannot doubt that.”