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Sends
additional Units of Mobile Policemen, operational vehicles to the area
In a swift reaction
to the recent killing in nine Agatu Local Government Areas of Benue State,
allegedly perpetrated by herdsmen, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase,visited the area where he assessed the extent of damage caused during the clash
and the impact on the Agatu people of the State.
Based on his
assessment and coupled with the logistical requirement the IGP Immediately deployed
2 Units of Police Mobile Force to the area, to reinforce the Unit on ground,
while additional Police operational vehicles were also sent to the Commissioner
of Police in the State Command to aid operational support.
The
Inspector-General of Police reaffirmed that the Nigeria Police Force, working
in conjunction with the State Government, will do everything within its powers
to fish out and bring to book all those involved in this and other similar
killings, stressing that an end must be put to this endless circle of
impunity.
IGP Arase, while
describing as regrettable, unprovoked and brutal the killing of two Policemen
who were on legitimate assignment in the troubled area of Benue State, by the
people of the area, warned that any person found to be involved in the killing
would be made to bear the full wrath of the law.
The IGP further
noted that the Police and other security agents have relentlessly worked round
the clock with significant success to stave off such attacks on the people of the
area and the entire country at large and therefore reassured Nigerians that
security agencies will do everything possible to further strengthen the
security within and beyond the State.
While commiserating
with families of the affected victims, the Inspector-General of Police appealed
for the citizens’ support and cooperation to enable the Nigeria Police and
other security agencies unmask the perpetrators and sponsors of the crime.
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