Nigeria: Police Arrest 19 Suspects in Nasarawa Mayhem

2 December 2012

Lafia — The police in Nasarawa State, at the weekend, paraded 19 suspects they have arrested in connection with the penultimate week mayhem which hit Agyaragu, at the outskirt of Lafia and left 10 persons confirmed dead.

"The arm of the law may be slow, but it is steady, and leaves no doubt that we are recording success as we go after the perpetrators of the arson", Abayomi Akeremale, state commissioner of police said, while parading the suspects before newsmen at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters in Lafia.

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