Gunmen Kill Police Inspector In Plateau Attack

Gunmen Kill Police Inspector, Seize Rifle In Plateau Attack
Police face heavy resistance, forced to withdraw after gun battle.
Fact-finding committee begins search for lasting peac e region.

An Inspector of the Nigeria Police Force, Yakubu Dauda, has been killed by gunmen in Chwelnyap Rim, a community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attackers also took away his service rifle.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Riyom, David Tsado, confirmed the incident during a visit by the fact-finding committee set up by Governor Caleb Mutfwang to investigate the causes of recurring violence in the state.

Tsado said the attack occurred on Monday while police officers were on a security operation in the area. According to him, the officers were acting on a report of security threats but were ambushed by heavily armed gunmen.

“Yesterday, my men were on ground in the community following a security threat when they ran into an ambush. In the process of engaging the gunmen, Inspector Yakubu Dauda was killed,” Tsado told journalists.

He said the officer’s body has been deposited at the hospital. He added that additional police teams deployed by the Commissioner of Police encountered fierce resistance from the gunmen, forcing them to withdraw after heavy exchange of gunfire.

The chairman of the fact-finding committee, Major General Nicholas Rogers, who led the team to the area, described the security situation as alarming. He said the committee was in the community to understand the root causes of the repeated attacks and to gather solutions from local stakeholders.

“This is a very bad situation. We are here to identify the problems and get input from stakeholders on how to find lasting peace,” Rogers said.

Gunmen Kill Police Inspector, Seize Rifle In Plateau Attack

Community leaders told the committee that several villages had been attacked recently, with about nine people killed and over 33 houses burned in the last month. They expressed hope that the committee’s intervention would bring an end to the killings.