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IGP deploys tactical team to find suspects in Nasarawa killing

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Following the shootings on 14th April, 2019 in Numa Kochu village, Nasarawa State, which resulted in the injury to and death of innocent persons, the Acting Inspector General Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu,  has ordered for the immediate deployment of combined units of intervention squads to provide additional support to the existing operatives in the State.

According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, the IGP further directed the Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State to identify and fish out all persons connected to the dastardly killing of a pregnant woman and 15 others.

The combined tactical teams comprising the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD), IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) and Specialized Investigators from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID)have been mandated to provide support to the existing security architecture in the State to prevent further attacks and carry out discrete investigation into the killings.

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While restating the commitment of the Force to uncover and bring the perpetrators of the killing to justice, the IGP implored any member of the Public with useful and credible information that could aid the ongoing investigation not to hesitate to avail same to the Police through the following contacts: 08033097663, 08033674246, the statement added.