The two bodies issued separate statements on Saturday to correct widespread claims that had circulated across news media and social platforms since the incident.
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Spokesperson of the Command, Edet Udeme, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by telephone.
The spokesperson of the command and a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Udeme Edet, said this in a statement issued on Friday.
The Police Public Relations Officer and a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Edet Udeme, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen.
The victims, who were travelling in a Benue Links transport bus from Abeokuta, Ogun State, to Makurdi, were intercepted around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday near Eke, along the Otukpo-Otukpa-Enugu highway.
According to available information, the suspects obstructed a roadway in Apir, an outskirts of Makurdi, forcefully stopped a truck and set it ablaze with the yet-to-be-identified driver trapped inside.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Edit Udeme, made the confirmation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Makurdi on Monday.
The Business Management student was hit early Friday at the Wurukum area of Makurdi town when the vehicle she boarded was shot at by yet-to-be-identified police personnel during stop-and-search duty.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Sewuese Anene, confirmed the cult clash to the News Agency of Nigeria in Makurdi.
Its Public Relations Officer, Sewuese Anene, confirmed their rescue to the News Agency of Nigeria at 11:15pm on Friday.
The command disclosed this in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Sewuese Anene, in Makurdi on Monday.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Makurdi.
The spokesperson for the state command, Catherine Anene, in a statement made available to journalists in Makurdi on Wednesday said nine kidnap victims were rescued.
It was learnt that the suspected kidnappers abducted two people in the Ukum Local Government Area of the state and demanded N23m ransom.
The spokesperson of the Command, Sewuese Anene, disclosed this in a statement she issued on Sunday.
A family source told newsmen on Friday in Makurdi, the state capital, that the abductors made the demand on phone.
Police Prosecutor, Insp Veronica Shaagee, told the court that the case was received at the Police Area Command Headquarters, Makurdi, through a petition written by the chambers of Maurice Unum and Associates, Makurdi.
The spokesperson of the Command, Superintendent of Police Sewuese Anene, stated this on Tuesday in Makurdi.
In a statement issued on Thursday by the Command Public Relations Officer, SP Catherine Anene, the suspect identified as Ebube Igwe Jude, was arrested in Makurdi on Tuesday.
The interception, on Saturday, was carried out by the State Command’s anti-crime squad, codenamed: “Operation Zenda.”