Two Troopers Missing, As Gunmen Kill Two Cell Policemen In Taraba
Two cellular police officers had been shot lifeless by means of some gunmen, Monday night, whilst on responsibility at a checkpoint in Dogongawa, alongside KatsinaAla-Takum avenue in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State. Same Monday night, two troopers connected to the joint navy operation had been feared lacking in an ambush via suspected bandits at Bonta neighborhood in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue state.
Confirming the dying of the two cellular policemen, chairman of Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State, Shiban Tikari, said: “The gunmen got here on motorcycles, thru the lower back of the Central Primary School, Dogongawa. “They opened hearth on the two policemen, killed them and took away their rifles.” At press time, spokesman of the nation police command, DSP David Misal, was once but to affirm the report.
Meanwhile, Chairman, Konshisha Local Government Area, Benue State, Mr James Jirgba, yesterday, established the assault on troopers connected to the joint navy operation codenamed Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, Monday evening. He stated the incident passed off at a border neighborhood between Konshisha and Oju neighborhood authorities areas. It used to be gathered that two troopers connected to the joint navy operation had been feared lacking after they had been ambushed with the aid of suspected bandits at Bonta community, Konshisha Local Government Area, LGA of Benue State. Some of the troopers additionally sustained accidents in the attack.
It used to be gathered that the lacking troopers had been phase of the crew on movements patrol in Konshisha and neighboring Oju LGAs when they ran into the ambush through the bandits, who are regarded as Bonta boys. According to the source, who spoke on circumstance of anonymity, “the Bonta boys attacked the troopers due to the fact they entered the neighborhood and eliminated the unlawful roadblocks they hooked up inside the community.
“So when they noticed the troops project their hobbies patrols of the location on Monday at about 5 pm, they opened furnace on them. “The patrol crew engaged the bandits in a gunfight and additionally rapidly called for reinforcement however earlier than their arrival, the gunmen fled with each facets sustaining injuries.
“The OPWS troops, who spent the night time in the community, are presently on the path of the bandits and are combing the whole neighborhood in search of the lacking troopers and the bandits. “We agree with the assault used to be carried out probable to intimidate the troops, who are doing a extraordinary job in the state.” The OPWS Force Commander, Major-General Adeyemi Yekini, ought to no longer be reached on the smartphone and textual content messages dispatched to his cellphone have been no longer answered to.