Thirteen more suspects have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the weekend killings in Plateau State.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, confirmed this in a
statement on Monday. He said 33 people have been arrested so far in
connection with the incident.
He disclosed that the Head of the Police Intervention Team (PIT), DIG
Sanusi Lemu, was already in Plateau coordinating police investigative,
operational, and peace-building response.
Mba added that the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has
ordered the deployment of additional operational assets in the state as
part of ongoing coordinated efforts at restoring public order in Rukuba
and its environs.
A police surveillance helicopter, two units of Police Mobile Force
(PMF), and two cells of Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) were among the
assets deployed to Plateau State by the police chief.
The surveillance helicopter, manned by operatives of Nigeria Police
Airwing, according to Mba, is expected to carry out aerial surveillance
and confidence-boosting patrols within the hotspots, in coordinated
operations with the ground troops.
