By our reporter| A Special Investigation Task Force set up by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu in continuation of ongoing investigation into to attack and attempted murder of Governor Samuel Ortom, arrived Makurdi, Benue State on Sunday.
The Team, led by DCP Abba Kyari – a no-nonsense investigator – 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.
Force Public Relations Officer, Sunday Mba in a statement seen by Alabingo, said the Team is expected to take over and consolidate all on-going investigation into the incident.
The IGP, he said, charged the team to be professional, thorough, and clinical in their investigations.
“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,” he said.
“They are expected to liaise and work with the Benue State Police Command and other relevant members of the law enforcement community to ensure that they deliver on their mandate,” Mba added.
Ortom was attacked by 15 suspected gunmen on his farm in Markurdi, Benue State two weeks ago.
The governor said he ran one and half kilometres to escape from the gunmen while his entourage exchanged gunfire with them.
Ortom later gave testimony in the church about his great deliverance from death following his attack by the enemies.
President Muhammadu Buhari following a meeting with him, ordered thorough investigation into the attack.
The IGP had last week set a team to be sent to Benue to fish out those behind the attack.
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