The Inspector-General of Police,
Ibrahim Idris, has deployed 15 additional police units, special forces,
technical and intelligence teams to contain further attacks in Benue.
Fatai Owoseni, the Commissioner
of Police in the state, disclosed this on Monday in Makurdi while addressing
newsmen.
”The inspector-general is
seriously committed to bringing to an end the killings in the state and the
country.
“It is that commitment that
informed the reinforcement of our command continuously on daily basis to nip in
the bud the act of criminality and killings in the state.
“The inspector-general has
continued to support us, as of today 15 units squadrons from 15 states have
been deployed to support the existing officers on ground.
“We also received the deployment
of Police Special Forces, Intelligence and Technical teams in the state,”
Owoseni said.
He stressed that relative peace
had been restored in Yogbo village and that the command had deployed forces in
Kwande, Agatu, Gboko, Makurdi, Buruku, Katsina-Ala, Gwer West and Vandeikya
local government areas for proactive measures”.
The CP further confirmed that the
command had rescued a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) who got missing during the
February attack in Yogbo community in Guma Local Government Area in the battle
between police and suspected herdsmen.
He said that the rescued “officer
was unhurt, his weapon was safe, he was in high spirit and has rejoined his
colleagues in the ongoing operations in Guma”.
The commissioner said that
security operatives were able to flush out the mercenaries from the community
and hoped to sustain the success recorded.
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com