Following the death of three senior police officers in a helicopter crash today, President Goodluck Jonathan has described the development as “unfortunate and a temporary setback.”
A press release signed the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, said that the president received the news of the death of the police officers with “utmost sadness.
The release said that the death of the police officers is, “a temporary setback especially at this time that all security forces are making concerted efforts to guarantee security throughout the country.”
The President described the accident as unfortunate, while also commiserating with the families of the bereaved and the Police High Command.
The statement also further said that families of the deceased and the police high command should take solace in the fact that “these fine officers died in the course of national assignment.”
Three police officers including the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Operation), John Haruna and a pilot lost their lives early this morning in a helicopter crash in Jos, Plateau State.