The Kogi State Government, in collaboration with the 12 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Hybrid Forces from the Office of the National Security Adviser, the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Police Force, local vigilantes and hunters, has recovered about 1,000 rustled livestock in sustained security operations across the state.
The operations targeted the remnants of the criminal network of the late bandit kingpin, Kachalla Ibrahim Battijo, as well as other cattle-rustling syndicates operating within Kogi State and across the North-Central region.
The recovered livestock include over 200 traced to Battijo’s criminal network, while the remaining animals were recovered from other armed bandits engaged in cattle rustling in Kogi and neighbouring states.
The criminals had attempted to move the stolen livestock through Kogi State for sale to finance their criminal activities.
