Security operatives in Niger State have recovered a herd of stolen livestock and arrested two men accused of rustling animals from a Fulani settlement in Shiroro Local Government Area.

The incident occurred after the owner of the animals, Hassan Usman from Navi Fulani Camp near Gwada, spotted his missing cows and sheep with two individuals around 1pm, on Wednesday morning. He immediately alerted security personnel stationed in the area.

Zagazola Makama reports that a team of operatives moved in and arrested the suspects, identified as Buhari Bello from Saminaka in Lapai and Sidi Abdullah from Lefu near Lambata in Gurara. All twenty two cows and ten sheep were recovered and returned to Usman.

According to security sources, the suspects admitted to carrying out the theft. They will face prosecution once investigations are concluded.

Security personnel have since increased surveillance in vulnerable communities across the Shiroro axis in an effort to curb the rising cases of livestock rustling.

Security operatives recover stolen livestock in Niger, arrest two suspects