Former Nigerian Military Force Commander in Plateau State, General Anthony Atolagbe, has revealed how a dropped mobile phone became the crucial piece of evidence that led to the capture of attackers following a deadly communal clash in Plateau state.
In an interview with Channels TV , Atolagbe described the sequence of retaliatory violence that prompted his intervention:
“There was one of the incidents in which a group killed on this side, then the other people went after the other one. And when they were not going to stop, I started picking people.”
The general explained that he deployed specialized tracking equipment that wasn’t officially allocated to his command to help identify the perpetrators.
The breakthrough came following a violent incident when they discovered a key piece of evidence. “The phone of one of the attackers fell, so we picked the phone, and then we tracked him,”
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Atolagbe explained. “Then from him, we were able to get three other persons, making four.”
Following protocol, Gen. Atolagbe immediately reported the arrests to higher authorities: “Straight away we reported to the higher command, and I was told to transfer them. I told them they were already on their way to Abuja, and that’s what happened.”
