6 Arrested For Killing Of Security Agents In Benue Attack

The Nigeria Police Force has disclosed that six suspects person been arrested successful transportation with the onslaught connected the associated information patrol squad that led to the decease of 16 information unit successful Benue State.

The Force Public Relations Officer Benjamin Hundeyin who disclosed this successful a connection nevertheless informed that 3 constabulary officers died successful the onslaught portion 7 are inactive missing adding that, the Commissioner of Police, Benue State Command, CP Ifeanyi Emenari, is presently starring the cognition geared towards rescuing the missing officers and arresting the fleeing suspects.

According to him, “The suspects were arrested successful an ongoing effect cognition successful Benue State pursuing a deadly onslaught connected Police Tactical Teams by suspected equipped herdsmen and section militias astatine Agu Centre, Katsina-Ala/Ukum Local Government Area of the State.”

He said, “The attack, which occurred connected Friday, September 19, 2025, resulted successful the decease of 3 constabulary officers, portion 7 others are inactive missing. The IGP has besides deployed further tactical assets to guarantee speedy apprehension of suspects.”

The Force PRO quoted the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, arsenic powerfully condemning the attack, describing it arsenic cruel, unwarranted, and an affront connected the bully radical of Benue State.
He maintained that the arrested suspects are successful custody and assisting with utile information. Equally, the IGP has directed the deployment of further tactical assets to the country and assured that nary chromatic volition beryllium near unturned successful restoring bid and information successful Benue State.

“The IG urges members of the nationalist to stay calm, vigilant, and supportive of information agencies, arsenic the Force continues to intensify efforts towards rescuing missing personnel, apprehending fleeing suspects, and dismantling the transgression networks down specified reprehensible attacks,” helium added.
Over 16 information unit person been reportedly killed by equipped men suspected to beryllium herdsmen and section bandits during a clearance cognition astatine Agu assemblage successful Mbatyula/Mberev Council Ward of Katsina-Ala section authorities country of Benue State.

Our analogous gathered from a section root who simply place his sanction arsenic Denen that the victims are unit of the information outfit ‘Operation Anyam Nyor’, a Joint Security Task Force established by the Benue State Government which had constabulary and members of the Benue State Civil Protection Guards.

He said, “Some of the information unit who survived the ambushed sustained varying degrees of injuries portion respective unit including the person of the squad were taken live into custody, and the trucks conveying them were acceptable ablaze and their motorbikes were whisked distant by the equipped men.
He explained that the information squad numbering implicit 90 led by Assistant Superintendent of Police, Danlami Usman, besides known arsenic Dan Zuru were successful the country to flush retired equipped herdsmen whom it was reported invaded the country successful their numbers.

According to him, “It was alleged that the equipped herdsmen joined forces with immoderate known section militia gangs successful the communities numbering up to 1,000 and laid ambushed connected the information squad betwixt Tse Agbami and Agu Center astatine the Katsina-Ala borderline with Ukum LG.
“Unfortunately, the unit drove into the ambush and successful speech of weapon conflict implicit 16 members of the information squad were weapon down.”

When contacted, the president of Katsina-Ala LGA, Justine Shaku, who confirmed the incidental said, the onslaught was unprovoked, adding that the information unit were connected their regular patrol, erstwhile they were ambushed successful wide daylight and galore of them were killed.

According to the president the fig is overmuch but for present can’t accidental precisely however galore unit mislaid their lives due to the fact that immoderate of the unit are inactive successful the bush to hunt for the missing ones.

The president nevertheless noted that what happened is simply a wide manifestation that the herders came for warfare and utilized members of the section bandits successful Sanders to onslaught the personnel, who were connected their mean patrol astatine Agu Centre successful Mbatula/Mberev Council Ward of Katsina-Ala LG.

He said, “I americium present with the commissioner of constabulary and his men are already combing the surroundings for the missing persons.”

When contacted the Police Public Relations Officer Udeme Edet said a connection volition soon beryllium issued.