The Taraba State Police command has arrested a top commander of the Amazonian soldiers, who has been making life difficult for Taraba border communities.
It was reported that communities sharing boundaries with Cameroon Republic have been living in fear due to the activities of the Amazonian soldiers from Cameroon.
The arrested commander who was identified as General Basile was alleged to be the mastermind of all the attacks in the border communities.
Taraba State commissioner, Abimbola Shokoya confirmed the arrest on Thursday.
Shokoya said the suspect was arrested in one of the communities of Kurmi local government council on Wednesday.
He said the suspect will be prosecuted as soon as preliminary investigations are completed by the command.
The commissioner stressed that the arrest was possible due to valuable intelligence information given to the command
Shokoya urged people with similar information that could lead to the arrest of his gang members, to make them available to the command.
The commissioner said the suspect’s arrest will bring relief to citizens of both countries where the criminal is alleged to have concubines.
Before the arrest, the chairman of the Kurmi council, Amamzalla John Danladi Joseph, had on several occasions alerted the world of the massive presence of Amazonian soldiers in his council.