
The Kogi State Government has reported the recovery of over 1,000 stolen livestock as a result of a coordinated security operation aimed at dismantling criminal gangs associated with the late bandit leader Kachalla Ibrahim Battijo and other cattle-rustling groups in the North Central region. This operation involved collaboration among various security forces, including the 12 Brigade.
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