Categories: Crime

Taraba Police Killings: At least 25 Military, Police Personnel Arrested

About twenty five military and police personnel have been arrested in link with the killing of three policemen in the Inspector General of Police, IGP Intelligence Response Team, IRT, and a civilian by soldiers in Taraba State, subsequent the arrest of a kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume, who was purportedly set free by the soldiers.

 

They were said to be involved with the kidnap kingpin in his abduction business, which got him millions of naira.

 

This is coming as the Joint Investigation Committee set up by the Defence Headquarters on the directive of President Buhari to investigate the killing of the police officers, sits today to question representatives of the police and the military.

 

According to a source, Wadume maintained a machinery of security operatives, including police and military personnel from across Taraba state which fed him with information on movements and location of victims for kidnapping.

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