Police deploy helicopters, Special squads in Benue, Rivers

The Inspector general of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has deployed
five additional units of mobile police force, helicopters and
special intelligence squads to troubled local councils in Benue and
River states.

He placed commissioners of Police and Police Personnel in the
affected States on red alert, while also ordering 24 hour crime
prevention and visibility patrols all over the Country.

A statement by Jimoh Moshood, the police spokesman, said the
measures have been taken by the IGP to nip in the bud and prevent
further attacks on innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen and
other criminal elements in the mentioned States.

To this end, the Deputy Inspector General of Police Operations
has been dispatched by the IGP to Benue State to muster, coordinate
and supervise the implementation of the new security strategies put
in place by the Force to put an immediate end to the senseless
killings and violence unleashed on innocent Nigerians by suspected
herdsmen and other criminal elements in the two States.

“Police Aerial Surveillance Helicopters, Five (5) Units of
Police Mobile Force; Police Special Forces have been deployed along
with additional conventional Police Personnel, the Counter
Terrorism Unit (CTU), Police Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD)
and Special Police Joint Intelligence and Investigation Teams to
Benue and Rivers State to work with the Force Criminal Intelligence
and Investigation Department (FCIID) Personnel on the ground. This
is to bring new impetus to the efforts of the Force to nip in the
bud further attacks in the mentioned states”, Moshood said.

According to him, eight suspected herdsmen arrested at the scene
of the killings in Guma local council in Benue state are being
prosecuted, with six of them remanded in Prison custody.

The other two suspects arrested at a different scene of crime
will soon be docked, he said.

“The Assistant Inspector General of Police in Zone 4 Makurdi and
Zone 6 Calabar have been mandated by the Inspector General of
Police to convene Stakeholders meetings in the affected states and
also supervise the Police investigation and intelligence teams, and
other Police Special Squads deployed by the IGP to the two
States”.

The Inspector general of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has deployed
five additional units of mobile police force, helicopters and
special intelligence squads to troubled local councils in Benue and
River states.

He placed commissioners of Police and Police Personnel in the
affected States on red alert, while also ordering 24 hour crime
prevention and visibility patrols all over the Country.

A statement by Jimoh Moshood, the police spokesman, said the
measures have been taken by the IGP to nip in the bud and prevent
further attacks on innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen and
other criminal elements in the mentioned States.

To this end, the Deputy Inspector General of Police Operations
has been dispatched by the IGP to Benue State to muster, coordinate
and supervise the implementation of the new security strategies put
in place by the Force to put an immediate end to the senseless
killings and violence unleashed on innocent Nigerians by suspected
herdsmen and other criminal elements in the two States.

“Police Aerial Surveillance Helicopters, Five (5) Units of
Police Mobile Force; Police Special Forces have been deployed along
with additional conventional Police Personnel, the Counter
Terrorism Unit (CTU), Police Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD)
and Special Police Joint Intelligence and Investigation Teams to
Benue and Rivers State to work with the Force Criminal Intelligence
and Investigation Department (FCIID) Personnel on the ground. This
is to bring new impetus to the efforts of the Force to nip in the
bud further attacks in the mentioned states”, Moshood said.

According to him, eight suspected herdsmen arrested at the scene
of the killings in Guma local council in Benue state are being
prosecuted, with six of them remanded in Prison custody.

The other two suspects arrested at a different scene of crime
will soon be docked, he said.

“The Assistant Inspector General of Police in Zone 4 Makurdi and
Zone 6 Calabar have been mandated by the Inspector General of
Police to convene Stakeholders meetings in the affected states and
also supervise the Police investigation and intelligence teams, and
other Police Special Squads deployed by the IGP to the two
States”.