Fresh
information has revealed that Captain Tijani Balarabe, who allegedly ordered
the shooting and subsequent killings of Operatives of the Inspector-General of
Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and their civilian workers, is
on course in Kaduna.
This
information filtered less than 24 hours after kidnap kingpin,
Hamisu Bala aka Wadume was arraigned on Monday on charges bordering on terrorism, murder, kidnapping and
illegal arms possession.
The Inspector General (IG) of Police, Mr
Mohammed Adamu, filed a 16 counts charge against Wadume, alongside 19 other
suspects. One of the 19 suspects is Captain Tijani Balarabe. He was alleged to
have ordered the shooting of IRT Operatives and their civilian counterparts,
while they were on covert operation in Taraba State.
Ironically, while the Court sat on
Monday, waiting for the soldiers to be arraigned, the Court was unaware that the Army has
released all the officers and men involved in the killing of the IRT Officers
in Taraba State.
According to
a source, “The soldiers and officer involved are moving freely. One was posted
to Cross Rivers and Captain Balarebe, the kingpin, is on course in Kaduna. He
even went to Ibbi town Taraba State last week, where the killing happened. Many
people saw him.”
Justice
Binta Nyako, on Monday, while presiding over the case, ordered the Chief of
Army Staff or any other person whose custody the suspects were, to provide the
soldiers in court by March 30.
The suspects ordered by the Judge to
appear before the courts are the 2nd to 11th respondents in the charge. Soldiers
of 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba State, had on August 6, 2019, opened fire on the
IRT Operatives, who had arrested Wadume and were transporting him to the state
police command, Jalingo, for interrogation. The soldiers allegedly killed three
policemen and two civilians.
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