His arrest followed the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, on the recent large scale killing of residents by suspected herdsmen.
A police source confirmed to our correspondent that three other members of the group were arrested along with Laggi at Tunga Forrest in Nasarawa State.
According to him, “In line with the directives of the IGP Ibrahim Idris on the arrest of all persons involved in the killings in Benue State and those in possession of AK 47 rifles and other prohibited arms, four principal suspects were arrested in Tunga town, Nasarawa State, between 16th and 19th February, 2018 by IRT in connection with the killing of Sergeant Solomon Dung and other police officers and many innocent citizens in Benue State.”
“The suspects are Alhaji Laggi, 40, mastermind and gang leader of the herdsmen group; Mallam Mumini Abdullahi, 34; Muhammed Adamu, 30; and Ibrahim Sule, 32.”
According to the police, the suspects had already confessed to perpetrating the killings and mentioned other gang members in possession of the police rifles they took from the slain police officers, and others in possession of arms.
It was also learnt that serious follow up operation is in progress in Benue, Taraba and Benue States to apprehend others suspects still at large.
