The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar Adamu has deployed a Special Investigation Task Force to Makurdi, the Benue State capital to investigate the reported attack and attempted assassination of the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom.
The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Frank Mba said that the team, led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP, Abba Kyari consists of operatives from the tactical investigation units of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) and other experienced, crack detectives with specialized competencies in crime scene investigation and reconstruction, ballistics, fingerprint analysis and other core areas of forensics. He said that the team is expected to take over and consolidate all ongoing investigation into the incident. “The team is also expected to investigate all angles of the reported attack with a view to ensuring that all persons empirically linked to the incident are apprehended and brought to book,” Mbah said.
He added that the IGP has charged the team to be professional, thorough and clinical in their investigations and the team is expected to liaise and work with the Benue State Police Command and other relevant members of the law enforcement community with a view to tracking down the perpetrators of the dastardly act.