\n
Troops of Operation Safe Haven, OPSH, a military special taskforce maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna States, have rejected a N1.5 million bribe from suspected cattle rustlers in Plateau State.<\/p>\n
Capt. James Oya, Media Officer of the operation, disclosed this in a statement
\non Wednesday in Jos.<\/p>\n
Oya said the troops, attached to Sector Four, also arrested the two suspected rustlers who offered them bribe.<\/p>\n
He explained that the eight operatives, who rejected the bribe were not only commended but rewarded by the commander of the operation, Maj.-Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar.<\/p>\n
\u201dOPSH has rewarded eight of its personnel for rejecting a N1.5 million bribe from suspected cattle rustlers in Plateau.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe eight personnel, deployed at OPSH Sector four, intercepted 30 rustled cows at a checkpoint near Bisichi in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe cattle, belonging to one Shehu Umar, were rustled in Mangu and being transported to an undisclosed location when intercepted by own troops on stop and search operation.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe suspects, Anas Usman, 20, and Gyang Cholly, 42, immediately approached the troops in a bid to bribe them and secure security pass for the stolen cattle.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe monetary plea was rejected and the suspects arrested as well as the money offered for the bribe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Oya said the commander, who commended the troops for their bravery and exemplary conduct, urged personnel of other security agencies to emulate the giant move toward the safety of lives and property in the state.<\/p>\n
Troops reject N1.5m bribe from alleged cattle rustlers in Plateau<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Troops of Operation Safe Haven, OPSH, a military special taskforce maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1732,1314],"tags":[180,316,1318],"class_list":["post-19426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-plateau","category-troops","tag-news","tag-plateau","tag-troops"],"yoast_head":"\n
Troops reject N1.5m bribe from alleged cattle rustlers in Plateau - Niger Delta News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troops reject N1.5m bribe from alleged cattle rustlers in Plateau - Niger Delta News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Troops of Operation Safe Haven, OPSH, a military special taskforce maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Niger Delta News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-28T09:02:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nigerian-Army-1280x720-1-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"web\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ndnewsng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ndnewsng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"web\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/\",\"name\":\"Troops reject N1.5m bribe from alleged cattle rustlers in Plateau - Niger Delta News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nigerian-Army-1280x720-1-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-28T09:02:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-28T09:02:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nigerian-Army-1280x720-1-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nigerian-Army-1280x720-1-2.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Troops reject N1.5m bribe from alleged cattle rustlers in Plateau\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/\",\"name\":\"Niger Delta News\",\"description\":\"Reporting from Niger Delta\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70\",\"name\":\"web\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"web\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/localhost\/nigerdeltanews\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/author\/web\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Troops reject N1.5m bribe from alleged cattle rustlers in Plateau - Niger Delta News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Troops reject N1.5m bribe from alleged cattle rustlers in Plateau - Niger Delta News","og_description":"Troops of Operation Safe Haven, OPSH, a military special taskforce maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna…","og_url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/","og_site_name":"Niger Delta News","article_published_time":"2024-02-28T09:02:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nigerian-Army-1280x720-1-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"web","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ndnewsng","twitter_site":"@ndnewsng","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"web","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/","name":"Troops reject N1.5m bribe from alleged cattle rustlers in Plateau - Niger Delta News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nigerian-Army-1280x720-1-2.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-28T09:02:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-28T09:02:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nigerian-Army-1280x720-1-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nigerian-Army-1280x720-1-2.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-reject-n1-5m-bribe-from-alleged-cattle-rustlers-in-plateau\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Troops reject N1.5m bribe from alleged cattle rustlers in Plateau"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/","name":"Niger Delta News","description":"Reporting from Niger Delta","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70","name":"web","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"web"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/localhost\/nigerdeltanews"],"url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/author\/web\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}