Benue attack: Security forces deploy drones to hunt bandits

Benue State Commissioner of Police, Emenari Ifeanyi, has confirmed that bandit attacks 13 successful Asakpa, Ojantele and Okpete communities successful Apa Local Government Area claimed the lives of six residents.

He stated that information operatives, successful collaboration with troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, launched a associated cognition supported by drone surveillance to way the attackers who escaped into adjacent forests.

The constabulary brag added that much personnel, including the Special Intervention Squad and the Counter Terrorism Unit, person been deployed to the affected country to forestall further violence.

Ifeanyi praised Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, for his dedication to tackling insecurity caused by equipped herders and bandits.

Speaking connected Monday successful Makurdi portion briefing journalists, the commissioner said the constabulary are moving intimately with different information agencies to safeguard agrarian communities crossed the state.

In a statement, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sir Tersoo Kula, said the constabulary commissioner besides acknowledged the enactment of the authorities government, section authorities, vigilantes and youths, noting that their collaboration is captious to improving security.

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