The Benue State Police Command has
arrested 25 persons in connection with the attack on Igumale Police
Station in the Ado Local Government Area of the 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.
Gunmen on motorcycles had laid siege to
the station in the early hours of Sunday, killed three of the policemen
on a duty and gained access to the division’s armoury, carting away
arms.
While a policeman died on the spot, two
others died at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, where they were
rushed to for treatment. A police inspector, which led the team and a
corporal were critically injured.
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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