The Benue State Police Command
has said to have arrested 25 persons in connection with the recent attack on
Igumale Police Station in the Ado Local Government Area of Benue state.
It was learnt that the suspects
were arrested on Sunday afternoon during a raid on criminal hideouts in the
area and had been undergoing investigation at the command headquarters in
Makurdi to establish the level of their culpability.
It should be recalled that some
suspected gunmen had laid siege to the station in the early hours of Sunday, killed
three of the policemen on duty and cart away many arms
The Benue State Police Public
Relations Officer, ASP Moses Yamu, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects,
said the command was on the trail of the assailants, adding that the gunmen did
not succeed in freeing suspects in detention at the station.
The PPRO, however, said two
policemen were killed while the inspector and a corporal were responding to
treatment at the hospital.
He said, “Criminal hideouts in
the area were raided on Sunday, after the attack and about 25 persons were
arrested. We are screening them to ascertain their culpability. All mercenaries
have been set on ground to fish out those behind the attack and to recover the
arms that were carted away. They made away with only three arms; they did not
have access to the armoury. They actually came for the arms because the
suspects inside the cell, including some of their accomplices, were intact.
“We lost two policemen to the
attack. But the inspector that led the team and a corporal are being treated.
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