PLATEAU ATTACKS: IGP deploys surveillance helicopter,says police committed to restoring order ..... as 13 more suspects arrested

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the deployment of additional operational asset including a Police Surveillance Helicopter, two (2) Units of Police Mobile Force (PMF) and two (2) Cells of Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) to Plateau State. The surveillance helicopter, manned by operatives of Nigeria Police Airwing, is expected to carry out aerial surveillance and confidence-boosting patrols within the hotspots, in coordinated operations with the ground troops.

This followed the unfortunate incident of Saturday 14th, August, 2021,where some Muslim travellers retuning to Ondo state from Bauchi state were massacred on Rukuba road ,Jos ,Plateau state..

The IGP noted that thirteen (13) additional suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident, bringing the total number of arrested persons to thirty-three (33). He assured that the NPF is committed to working with other patriotic stakeholders toward restoring public order in Plateau and other parts of the country.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Police Intervention Team (PIT), DIG Sanusi N. Lemu is already on ground in Plateau, coordinating Police investigative, operational and peace-building response.