Nigeria, March 12 -- Soldiers of Operation WhirlStroke have arrested Adah Ameh, a councillor at Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State for carrying a firearm without licence, security sources told PREMIUM TIMES on Monday.

Mr Ameh, 43, was apprehended by the soldiers last Friday, 8 March, at Omusu, a rural community in the local government area in the Benue South Senatorial District.

The soldiers were providing security cover in the volatile area during the distribution of relief materials at Omusu when they sighted Mr Ameh with a pistol.

Mr Ameh, a native of Effeche in Ojigo Ward, is the Supervisory Councilor for Health in Okpokwu LGA.

Omusu is also in Ojigo Ward in the LGA.

Two villages near Omusu - Igama and Effeche - experie...