The Special Task Force in charge of security in Plateau State has arrested 10 hoodlums in connection with the recent skirmishes in Jos.

It would be recalled that there were skirmishes in Jos last Sunday where 13 people were killed, several others injured and 24 houses burnt.

Maj.-Gen. Augustine Agundu, STF Commander made the disclosure on Saturday in Jos when he paraded some of the suspects.

Agundu said that during the operation to restore normalcy, troops arrested Adams Ibrahim, Bello Mohammed, Yusuf Ibrahim, Mansur Suleiman, Saudi Mohammed, Zaraddeen and Haruna in their attempt to commit arson.

“The suspects were arrested while they were in possession of premium motor spirit in two Swan water bottles, machetes, pick-axes and cutlasses.

“They were arrested in their illicit effort to commence reprisal attacks, a situation which would have engulfed the entire Jos metropolis.

“Also during a cordon-and-search operation in suspected hoodlums hideout in Dutse Uku, Abubakar Abdullahi, Mansur Abdullah and Agwom Azi were apprehended,” he explained.

According to him, the hoodlums on sighting approaching troops started hurling dangerous weapons at them.

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10 suspects allegedly involved in last week’s Jos crisis arrested