President Buhari Orders IGP Of Police To Relocate To Benue State Immediately

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately relocate to Benue State, following ongoing tension in the state following renewed killings of residents by suspected herdsmen.

The presidential directive to the police chief late Monday night, particularly mandated the police boss to immediately restore law and order, prevent further loss of lives and forestall the crisis from escalating and spreading in the state.

To this end,the IGP, according to a statement from the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, a Chief Superintendent of Police,is moving into Benue state with additional five units of Police Mobile Force (PMF), making a total of ten units of PMF deployed in the state which is in addition to other police formations on the ground in the state before the crisis.

The statement said more units of the Police Special Forces, Counter Terrorism Units, and Conventional Policemen are already being deployed to the state as at this time today to comply in totality with the presidential order.

Following the recent unfortunate killings of innocent people in Guma and Logo Local Government Areas in Benue State and the intervention, and ongoing efforts of the Nigeria Police Force to restore peace in the State, the President and commander in Chief of Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR has ordered few hours ago, that the Inspector General of Police moves immediately to Benue State to restore law and order, prevent further loss of lives and forestall the crisis from escalating and spreading in the State.
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