By; SAMSON YAKI, Lafia
Four persons are in police net for alleged participation in the blood bath that cost Benue state over 70 lives in recent times.
The Deputy Inspector General of Police commanding Zone 4, Mr
Habila Joshak, disclosed this to reporters at the State Police Command in Makurdi.
Mr Joshak informed reporters that credible intelligence and confessions of the suspects have led to more arrest of the perpetrators.
According to him, the arrests were made in Tunga, a community in Nasarawa State, where Governor Samuel Ortom (of Benue) had previously alleged that armed terrorists were camped.
The DIG said, “The attacks were (carried out) in several ways and in several periods and you know that they (the police officers) were nine, both here (in Benue) and in Nasarawa, that we lost.
“We have gotten this window and we’ve gotten these people that have confessed (to the killings); everyone that is connected, that is what we are doing.”
Mr Joshak further said intelligence has also led to the recovery of large cache of arms and series of breakthrough, adding that police would parade more of the suspects soon.
The arrest of the suspects is in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, to ensure perpetrators of the killings in Benue and other parts of the country are brought to book.
The President had also ordered all security agencies in the country to be proactive in their duties and stay ahead of criminals at all times.
