Plateau: Troops thwart robbery attack in pastor’s house, launch manhunt for suspects

Troops of Sector 1 of Operation Enduring Peace, OPEP, on Tuesday, successfully thwarted an equipped robbery effort astatine the residence of a pastor successful Hwol Buju assemblage successful Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Media Information Officer of OPEP, Captain Polycarp Oteh, who disclosed this successful a connection connected Thursday, said troops of the information outfit were alerted to the onslaught connected the residence of the antheral of God identified arsenic Pastor Inyam Inyam successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday and promptly swung into action, forcing the assailants to wantonness their cognition and flee.

Captain Oteh said the troops responded to reports of gunshots astatine the residence of the pastor and the swift involution of the troops disrupted the onslaught and compelled the suspected equipped robbers to flight earlier carrying retired their mission.

“Upon receiving the distress report, troops moved to the country and engaged successful efforts that forced the criminals to fly the scene.

“The suspects abandoned their cognition and escaped earlier information forces arrived,” the OPEP spokesperson said.

He added that the pastor and his daughter, Hannatu Inyam, sustained injuries during the incidental and were evacuated to a infirmary successful Mista-Ali for aesculapian treatment.

“A spent 7.62mm peculiar ammunition casing was recovered astatine the country arsenic portion of ongoing investigations.

“Medical introspection aboriginal indicated that the fe...