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The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested two cattle rustlers in Oro-Ago, Ifelodun Local Government Area of the State.
The apprehended suspects were said to be among the rustlers who have been terrorizing some communities in Kwara State in recent times.
According to the spokesman of NSCDC in the state, Babawale Afolabi, two of the three-man gang of rustlers were arrested on Tuesday night by the Miyetti Allah Vigilante group during an attack on a Herdman, Raura Mohammed in his camp in Oro-Ago while one other member of the gang escaped into the bush.
He gave the names of the arrested suspects as Abdullahi Ideh (20) and Kadiri Babuga (24), while the third suspect identified as Baba Sanda escaped into the bush.
Babawale said, “The rustlers attacked the herdsman with dangerous weapons and left him unconscious before made away with his three cows valued at 1.5 million naira.”
The PRO stressed further that the Miyetti Allah Vigilante group and officers of the NSCDC in the locality were able to arrest two of the cattle rustlers while the third member of the gang is still at large.
“Two of the fleeing cattle rustlers were later arrested along Ahun- Ikerin Ayuba road by the Miyetti Allah Vigilante group with back up with the officers of the NSCDC in Oro Ago Divisional office”, he added.
