The bodies of the three policemen
who were killed by soldiers in Taraba state while on covert operation, arrived
at the morgue of Garki General Hospital in Abuja early Sunday.
An ambulance brought the bodies
kept in caskets from Jalingo, capital of Taraba state, TVC reported.
The police have not announced a
burial date for the trio, Inspector Mark Edaile, Sgt. Usman Danzumi and Sgt
Dahiru Musa, described as stars of the force.
The police said they were among
the most disciplined, proficient and hardworking Police investigators in the
service of the country. One civilian was also killed with them, all shot at
close range.
According to a police statement,
the slain men had participated in several high profile and high risk arrests,
rescue missions and investigative operations. They were credited with the
arrest of Nigeria’s most notorious kidnap kingpin, Evans, the arrest of twenty
Boko Haram terrorists responsible for the 2014 kidnapping of the Chibok School
Girls in Borno State, the arrest of UMAR Abdulmalik, the overall Boko Haram
Commander of North Central Nigeria and several of his group members.
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The ambulance that brought the
three police officers on Sunday
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Police also said the slain men
were involved in the arrest of the kidnappers of two American and two Canadian
citizens in Kaduna State.
“And most recently, the rescue of
Magajin Garin Daura in Kano State and arrest of the thirteen terrorists
responsible for the kidnapping of the Magajin Garin Daura in his home town
Daura, Katsina State on 1 May 2019, among many other outstanding feats”, police
spokesman Frank Mba said.
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| Sgt Dahiru Musa |
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| Sgt. Usman Danzumi from Taraba |
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| Inspector Mark Edaile from Edo |
President Muhammadu Buhari on
Thursday ordered a probe into the killing by soldiers of the 93 Battalion based
in Takum, Taraba State.
The Defence Headquarters heeding
the presidential directive has set up a seven man headed by Rear Admiral I.T.
Olaiya, to determine the circumstances which resulted in the fatal shooting. It
has already begun work.
Soldiers attacked the bus
conveying the three men, along with other officers and a handcuffed kidnap
kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadum who was arrested in the town of Ibi.
The police authorities on
Wednesday announced the killing of their personnel from the Force Headquarters
on covert operation by the troops along Ibi-Jalingo road in Taraba state.
The police alleged that Hamisu
was released by the troops, while three of their men and a civilian were killed
at close range.
Army Headquarters, in reaction,
described the incident as `unfortunate and avoidable’ and claimed that its men
mistook the policemen for kidnappers. It said its men were responding to a
distress call to rescue a kidnapped victim and exchanged fire with the
policemen.
Both statements differed in the
location of the shooting. The army said it was on Ibi-Wukari road, while the
police said it was on Ibi-Jalingo road. The policemen arrested the kidnap
kingpin in Ibi and were heading to Jalingo, the capital.
The explanation by the army
incensed the Police High Command.
In a counter reaction on
Thursday, the police raised a number of questions that the army authorities
needed to unravel especially the whereabouts of the arrested suspected
kidnapping kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume.
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