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Police recover weapons in Benue

Several weapons, classified as illegal and recovered from an underground bunker in a forest near Gbishe in Katsina-Ala Local Government area of Benue State  were displayed at the Government House in Makurdi. Gbishe is the home of militia leader, Terwase Akwaza popularly known as Ghana who was about a year ago declared wanted by the police in connection with the murder of Senior Special Assistant to Governor Samuel Ortom on Special Security, Denen Igbana. Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Col. Edwin Jando while briefing the Governor on the recovery of the weapons explained that the bunker was one of the many bunkers where illegal arms are stored in the area. In a remark, Governor Ortom who commended security agencies for working tirelessly to ensure relative peace in the state stated that the recovery of the illegal arms had further shown that Ghana was using the amnesty programme as a cover up to perpetrate criminality and assured that his days were numbered....