The movement of the high powered Federal Government delegation followed the order by President Muhammadu Buhari earlier in the day.
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Bello made the confirmation at a news conference shortly after an emergency meeting with heads of security agencies in Minna on Wednesday.
A statement by the President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Wednesday, said the president had also dispatched to Minna, Niger, a team of security chiefs to coordinate the rescue operation.
Usman said on Thursday while on an assessment visit to Kagara that six of the attackers were killed by policemen during the encounter on Wednesday.