Nigeria Police Force conducts operations to enhance internal security.

The Nigeria Police Force operatives have carried out multiple diligent operations to enhance internal security and combat criminal activities across the nation.

In a statement, Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, recounted how operatives from the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, on a special assignment en route to Edo State, encountered an ambush set by armed kidnappers at Oshara Ganden, a boundary area between Kogi and Edo States.

He said the operatives demonstrated exceptional tactical skills to overpower the armed assailants, resulting in the arrest of eight individuals.

Adejobi reported that authorities found them in possession of significant weaponry, which included one AK-47 rifle with 29 rounds of live ammunition, one new Israeli pump-action rifle with four cartridges, two pump-action rifles with 72 cartridges, a single-barrel shotgun with two cartridges, and two operational motorcycles.

In a separate operation, the IRT operatives arrested 30-year-old Yakubu Musa and 25-year-old Usman Musa, both from Kaduna State.

The police spokesman said the two suspects were linked to series of kidnappings and cattle rustling activities in the Soba and Ikara regions of the State.

He said during their arrest, three AK-47 rifles and 19 rounds of live ammunition were recovered, further substantiating their involvement in criminal activities.