One Tordue Gber (Tiv Swem), who is a native doctor and spiritual counselor to the wanted armed criminal militia, Akwazar Terwase (alias Gana), in Benue State, has been arrested.
The military made this known on Tuesday in a statement issued by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen Sani Usman.
According to Usman, Gber was arrested at Tor-Dunga town in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of the state during a raid on his shrine.
The raid, he said, was carried out by troops of the 707 Special Forces Brigade arrested on Monday.
Terwase was declared wanted by the security agencies and has been at large since 2016.
Said Usman: “Preliminary investigation shows that Tordue Gber (Tiv Swem) acts as spiritual counselor that provides Gana with “diabolical” powers and the shrine serves as hideout for wanted armed militia, meeting and planning point for operations and logistics base for the criminal armed militias that operate in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states.
“The native doctor was arrested along with one of his accomplices, Atoo Kuwe Francis, while planning to carry out an attack and abduct one Mr. Zaya at Tse Bente Village in the same local government area.”
Usman disclosed that Tordue was shot dead “during the struggle to disarm him,” while a locally fabricated pistol, two baretta Pistols, 11 rounds of 9mm ammunition, three motorcycles and assorted charms were recovered from the shrine.
Clothings for concealing weapons, two mobile telephones and three power generators, amongst other items were also recovered.
