Benue: Attacks on officers indicate we’re doing something right  —  Police spokesperson

By Bayo Wahab

Following the caller deadly ambushes connected its officers successful Benue State, the Nigeria Police Force has vowed not to relent successful its crackdown connected transgression elements, insisting that attacks connected officers are impervious that ongoing operations are effective.

Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated this during an interrogation connected TVC News portion reacting to the sidesplitting of 3 constabulary officers and the purported abduction of 7 others successful Katsina-Ala/Ukum Local Government Area of the authorities by suspected herdsmen and section militias.

“These attacks are an denotation that we are doing thing right, and we are really succeeding successful displacing and dislodging transgression elements,” Hundeyin said. 

“We volition not beryllium deterred. Such ambush and astonishment attacks would not marque america halt doing what we’re doing.”

The constabulary spokesperson explained that the attackers had resorted to astonishment offensives due to the fact that ongoing raids were “putting them retired of business.” 

He assured Nigerians that the Force would proceed to raid hideouts and dislodge equipped groups to amended nationalist safety.

“We’ll proceed to raid transgression hideouts proceed to dislodge them truthful that Nigerians tin beryllium safer and consciousness much secure,” helium said.

Meanwhile, the constabulary had confirmed that six suspects had been arrested during an ongoing effect cognition pursuing the ambush connected tactical teams astatine Agu Centre successful Benue.

Hundeyin disclosed that 15 much suspects person taken into custody, bringing the full fig of arrests to 21.

“Everything volition beryllium done to guarantee that different fleeing suspects are arrested and they are prosecuted,” helium assured.

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has besides ordered the deployment of further tactical assets to Benue to reconstruct calm and enactment ongoing operations against the transgression networks successful the region.

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