Plateau Killings: Military Commander relocates base to troubled area

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  • July 12, 2023
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Plateau Killings: Military Commander relocates base to troubled area

Tamarauemi Ebimini

Maj.-Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar, the Commander of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), on Sunday temporarily relocated headquarters of the operation to Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that OPSH is a Special Military Task Force, maintaining peace in Plateau and environs.

Abubakar, who doubles as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) , 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Rukuba, moved to the area barely 24 hours after he assumed command.

The decision followed a Saturday night attack on Sabon Gari community of Mangu LGA, where 12 persons were killed and six houses completely razed down.

According to the commander, the move would enable him work in synergy with the local authority to mitigate the situation.

NAN also reports that communities in Mangu have recently come under series of attacks, with many deaths recorded, properties and farmlands destroyed, and many persons currently displaced

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