President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered Ibrahim Idris, the
inspector-general of police, to move to Benue to restore law and order, prevent
further loss of lives and forestall the crisis from escalating.
Jimoh
Moshood, polise spokesman, said the order followed the recent unfortunate
killings of innocent people in Guma and Logo local government areas of the
state.
Moshood
said in compliance with the presidential order, the IG is moving with
additional five units of police mobile force making a total of 10 Units
deployed to the state.
“More
units of the police special forces, counter terrorism units, and conventional
policemen are already being deployed to the state as at this time today to
comply in totality with the Presidential order,” he said.
He said
other units of the force already deployed to the state would carry on with the
patrols and crime prevention activities in the affected areas to sustain the
normalcy that has been restored.
The
spokesman warned that the Force would not hesitate to deal decisively with
trouble makers, groups or individuals for conduct likely to instigate the
escalation of the crisis.
“The full
weight of the law will be applied on anyone arrested for being responsible for
the mayhem in the affected areas in the State,” he said.
He
implored the people to cooperate with the police in its effort to restore
lasting peace in the state.
“The
commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to ensure Law and order and protection
of lives and property of all Nigerians throughout the country remains
unequivocal and unwavering,” he said
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