A notorious militia leader Terwase Akwaza, popularly known as Gana has been killed by soldiers of Operation Whirl Stroke.
Commander of the Four Special Forces Command, Doma Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Brigadier General Maude Ali Gadzama, said Gana was gunned down during a shootout with troops.
But Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom told journalists that Gana was arrested by soldiers of Operation Whirl Stroke on the outskirts of Gboko.
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Ortom, who spoke at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi, said Gana had surrendered to the Amnesty programme of his administration, and was being escorted to Makurdi on Tuesday when troops of the Operation Whirl Stroke arrested him at a security checkpoint outside Gboko.
Earlier in the day, the criminal gang leader was seen in Katsina-Ala township stadium in Katsina Ala Local Government Area of Benue North claiming that he wanted to surrender for an amnesty programme by the state government.
He had surrendered and handed over catchment of arms and ammunition to Benue amnesty programme of Governor Samuel Ortom in 2016 when he was pardon but later went back to his criminal activities
