Police arrest suspects, recover rifles after Taraba officers’ killing

The Taraba State Police Command has arrested suspects linked to the sidesplitting of 3 constabulary officers successful Tor Damisa village, Donga Local Government Area, and recovered firearms stolen during the attack.

The Commissioner of Police, Morkwap S. Dongshal, made this known portion briefing journalists connected Thursday astatine the Command’s office successful Jalingo.

The improvement follows a caller ambush successful Donga Local Government Area, wherever suspected militias killed 3 constabulary officers and made distant with their work rifles.

According to the constabulary commissioner, 2 suspects—Suleman Abdullahi, 30, and Idris Kauri, 33, some from Akente Village—have been arrested successful transportation with the onslaught and are presently successful custody.

He added that each 3 stolen work firearms person been recovered, describing the feat arsenic a large operational breakthrough. Efforts, helium said, are ongoing to way down different accomplices inactive astatine large.

In a abstracted operation, officers attached to the Zing Divisional Police Headquarters intercepted 2 further suspects during a stop-and-search workout astatine Yonko.

Police apprehension suspects, retrieve rifles aft Taraba officers’ killing