The Benue State Police Command has confirmed that an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, attached to the 13 Police Mobile Force, Makurdi, was among the five persons killed during a violent attack by gunmen on Abande community in Kwande Local Government Area of the state.
The confirmation was made by the Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Edet Udeme, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Makurdi.
According to Udeme, the remaining four victims were
residents of the affected community.
She explained that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in
Jato-Aka, Kwande LGA, received a distress report on February 3 indicating that
suspected armed bandits had launched an attack on police officers deployed to
Abande community as well as local residents.
Udeme disclosed that the ASP, who was on special assignment
at the community, sustained fatal injuries during the incident, while four
civilians also lost their lives in the attack.
She further stated that security forces have since moved
into the area to prevent further violence.
“Following the incident, combined teams of police operatives
and other security agencies have been mobilised to the area to secure the
community, conduct a thorough search, and forestall further breakdown of law
and order.
“The deceased persons have been recovered and deposited at
the mortuary.”
Udeme added that the Commissioner of Police in Benue State,
Mr Ifeanyi Emenari, has ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of
Operations to immediately take charge of the situation in Jato-Aka.
“He is directed to go with additional mobile force personnel
and Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to coordinate intensive operations,
track the perpetrators, and effect their arrest.
“The Benue State Police Command commiserates with the
families of the deceased and the Abande Community and assures the public that
all necessary measures are being taken to bring the perpetrators to justice and
restore peace to the area,” she said.
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