The three troubled North-Central states are Nassarawa, Plateau and Benue where there are incessant communal clashes. Olukolade said military troops have been deployed to these states to launch offensive attack and bring an end to the recent killings and property destruction in the affected areas.
Defense spokesperson said the army operations in the three state will focus on Internal Security, capturing and neutralizing all criminal hideouts. He affirmed that the Nigerian Air Force, Police and other security agencies are also participating in the operation designed to restore peace in the troubled states.
He enjoyed the residents of the states to cooperate with the security operatives by providing timely and useful information to facilitate the operation.
The alleged unabated clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers as well as continuous communal clashes, which have resulted to destruction of lives and property are the direct invitation to the military presence in Nassarawa, Benue and Plateau states
Mohammed Abubakar, the serving Inspector General of Police, held a meeting with the Miyetti Allah Kutal Hore, an association of Fulani herdsmen, to resolve the recent herdsmen-farmers clashes.
The meeting, Mr. Abubakar said was to help find a lasting solution to the consistent clashes.
Lately last year, the then Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 4, Michael Zuokumor, in same effort ordered Police Commissioners in the zone which included: Nassarawa, Benue and Plateau, to live up to their responsibilities of protecting lives and property.
The military presence in the affected area become imperative with the wide spread killing at spree and an allegation of the use of chemical weapons by the Fulani Herdsmen.
There were also an insinuations that the insurgents and foreign mercenaries have hijacked the situations disguising as herdsmen to carry out the attacks on the people of the area.
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