Army and Police authorities have set up a Joint Investigation Panel to investigate the incident involving the troops of 93-Battalion, Takum, Taraba leading to the death of some police personnel on Tuesday.
The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa in a statement, said the panel would be headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Criminal Investigation Department, Mike Ogbizi.
Musa said that the panel would jointly investigate and report on the true circumstances surrounding the unfortunate incidence in order to avert future occurrences.
He said that until the Joint Investigation Panel concludes and submits its report, it would be premature to officially conclude and speak on the real circumstances that caused the avoidable incident.
The Army Spokesperson explained that the said army troops, while responding to a distressed call to rescue a kidnapped victim exchanged fire with the suspected kidnappers along Ibi-Wukari Road in the State.
He added that the suspected kidnappers numbering about ten who drove in a white bus refused to stop when they were halted by troops at three consecutive check points.
