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The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has deployed additional units of the police force to Agatu community in Benue State where hundreds of people were killed recently by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
A statement from the Public Relations Officer of the Force Head Quarters in Abuja, Olabisi Kolawole, said Mr. Arase assured of the government’s readiness to apprehend the culprits involved in the attack.
The statement said Mr. Arase visited the area and immediately deployed two additional units of mobile Police Force, while vehicles were also sent to aid operations in the area.
Mr. Arase described the killing of two police officers who were on official assignment in the area as brutal, and
warned that any person found to be involved in the killing would be made to face the law.
warned that any person found to be involved in the killing would be made to face the law.
He said the Force was collaborating with relevant parties to prevent the spread of the crisis and said such killings would not be allowed to repeat in Agatu or elsewhere.
Mr. Arase commiserated with families of the deceased as well as the entire Agatu community. He asked for support from members of the community to unmask the perpetrators and sponsors of the crime.
In a similar vein, the Federal Government has convened a town hall meeting scheduled to hold in Abuja on Thursday, March 24, where members of Agatu and Fulani communities will dialogue to resolve the crisis.
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