President Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately relocate to Benue State to prevent further loss of lives and forestall the crisis in the state from escalating and spreading.
Force spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood stated that the President gave the order last night following the recent unfortunate killings of innocent people in Guma and Logo Local Government Areas of the State.
Moshood revealed that 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.
In his words he said, “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 that other units of the force already deployed to the state would carry on un-relentlessly with the patrols and crime prevention activities in the affected areas to sustain the normalcy that have been restored.
CSP Jimoh Moshood 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. He said, “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.”
