This was revealed by the spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Mariam Yusuf, in a statement on Sunday.
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This is coming barely a week after the state police command said it had beefed up security at border towns following threats of an attack by members of the proscribed IPOB in the state.
The development was revealed by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday.
The insurgents are responsible for the attack on the Imo State Police Headquarters and the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service on 5th April, 2021. They have also carried out series of calculated, violent attacks on security personnel and formations in the South-East and South-South of the country.
Ijeoma Uduak, Commander, NAPTIP, Benin Zone, reunited the victim with her mother, name (withheld) at the palace of Idu Uruan Village Head in Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, on Saturday.
The Commissioner for Information, Declan Emelumba, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Saturday, said few casualties were recorded after security men on guard repelled the attack.
The CP gave the directive during a lecture held for the Police Management Team, Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Heads of Police Tactical Operational Units in the command.
The terrorists were identified as members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, said this in a statement on Saturday.
Zailani expressed his sympathy in a statement made available to newsmen in Kaduna on Saturday.
The suspects are David Okpatu, Dele Olayanju, Simon Reuben, Idibe Christopher, Reuben Omonoye, George Egbejule and Hermeon Joshua.
The anti-graft agency announced this in a statement on Friday.
Mohammed, a cattle farmer married with two wives and eight children, said they had to carry out the killing immediately it became obvious that Nwachukwu had recognised the voice of the man that hired them to kidnap him for ransom.
Baba made the commendation in Bauchi at the inauguration of the official distribution of 50 JAC pick-up vehicles procured by the state government for distribution to both conventional and non-conventional security agencies in the state.
This was contained in a statement by the Registrar of the institution, Bashir Muhammad, in Kaduna on Saturday.
The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, described the incident as an act of wickedness and barbaric, saying the perpetrators must not go unpunished.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said that troops also recovered a gun truck and other assorted weapons from the encounter.
This is contained in a statement signed in Lafia on Saturday by ASP Ramhan Nansel, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer on behalf of Bola Longe, the state Commissioner of Police.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Jalige, made this known in a statement in Kaduna.
Kurya gave the directive in a lecture held for the police management team, Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Heads of Police Tactical Operational Units in the command.