THE Inspector-General of Police,
Mohammed Abubakar has said investigation into the killing of security
personnel by the Ombatse cult group in Nasarawa State is ongoing,
stressing that the killers will not go unpunished.
Abubakar vowed that nobody or group of persons operating under any name would kill personnel of the force and escape justice.
Speaking with newsmen shortly after
inaugurating 12 patrol vehicles for the Abuja-Kaduna highway at the
Force Headquarters, Abuja on Monday, the IG explained that he lost 49
policemen in the attack on security men at Lakyio village in Nasarawa
State.
He said their death would not be in vain.
He said, “Investigation is ongoing and
the outcome of the investigation will be revealed to Nigerians at the
most appropriate time. We cannot keep quiet to allow anybody in this
country, whether individual or group of persons, under whatever canopy
they call their names to kill officers of the police and go scot-free.
“There has never been speculation. We have always given the number out. We lost 49 police officers.”
On the sealing off of Wonderland
Amusement Park and Amigo Supermarket in Abuja owned by a Lebanese
businessmen, Mustapha Fawaz, accused of having ties with the Hezbollah
terrorist group, the IG said the closure was not a new development but
done as part of measures to secure the nation.
He said, “There is nothing new; security
is security. You know what is happening in the country. We will go
ahead to take any measure that deserves to be taken to ensure that
Nigeria is safe and Nigerians are given safe and secure environment.”
Meanwhile, a former Security Adviser to
the Rivers State Government, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, has said the Federal
Government should go beyond declaration of emergency in some northern
states if it is serious about winning the war against terrorism.
Sara-Igbe described terrorism as an
intellectual warfare, which military action may not win, adding that the
emergency declaration amounted to treating symptoms of a serious
disease, stressing that it was not a war of armament.
The security expert restated his call
for the creation of a Counter-Terrorism Unit, comprising specially
trained personnel that can infiltrate the Boko Haram sect, identify its
sponsors and prosecute them.
According to him, the head of the CTU
should be a combatant, who is versed in counter-terrorism strategies and
is willing to explore the grass roots and get the local communities to
expose the terrorists among them.
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