President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately move to Benue State to restore law and order and prevent further loss of lives and properties, from escalating and spreading in the state.
In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, it says, in compliance with the Presidential directives, the IGP is moving into Benue state with additional Five (5) Units of Police Mobile Force (PMF) making a total of Ten (10) Units of PMF deployed in the State which is in addition to other Police formations on the ground in the State before the crisis.
Moshood, also stated that More Units of the Police Special Forces, Counter Terrorism Units, and Conventional Policemen are a have being deployed to the State
The Aerial Surveillance by Police Helicopters will continue, while the Police Mobile Force Personnel, Police Special Forces and conventional Police Personnel, the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), Police Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD) and Special Police Joint Intelligence and Investigation Teams already deployed to Benue State will carry on un-relentlessly with the patrols and crime prevention activities in the affected areas to sustain the normalcy that have been restored in the State.
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