IGP deploys specialised tactical teams to Benue ahead 2026 Easter celebration

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has ordered the deployment of 14 units drawn from 16 Police Mobile Force (PMF) squadrons, alongside 250 unit from specialised tactical teams, to reenforce the Benue State Police Command up of the 2026 Easter celebration.

This was contained successful a connection by the spokesperson of the Benue State Police Command, DSP Udeme Edet.

She said this strategical deployment is aimed astatine strengthening ongoing information operations and ensuring the extortion of lives and spot crossed the authorities during the festive period. The deployed unit person been integrated with the authorities command’s tactical teams and different information agencies, with a absorption connected dominating the hinterlands, susceptible communities, and cardinal nationalist spaces.

Edet added that the Commissioner of Police, Benue State Command, CP Ifeanyi Emenari, portion commending the IGP for the timely reinforcement, reassured residents of the Command’s readiness to support instrumentality and bid before, during, and after...