Nasarawa Killings, 30 Policemen Dead, Others Missing.
How We Survived Ambush By Militiamen.

**militiamen, dressed in black shirts and caps, kept approaching amidst heavy gunfire as bullets were not penetrating them.
**police officers were gathered in heaps and set ablaze by the militiamen.

Ten policemen who survived Tuesday’s onslaught from the Ombatse militia group in Nasarawa State have attributed their survival to luck.
Narrating their escape, one of the police officers who spoke on behalf of nine other survivors (names withheld) said their survival was only by the grace of God as they were outnumbered and overpowered by the militiamen. He also disclosed that the militiamen had prior knowledge of their coming and laid siege on the narrow road leading to the village, Alakyo, where they were supposed to effect the arrest of their leader and recover arms said to be in his possession.

He said, “The road is narrow and they allowed us into their midst before opening fire on us at close range.” Efforts to return fire and scare them into hiding ware futile as bullets were not penetrating them, he said.

The militiamen, dressed in black shirts and caps, kept approaching amidst heavy gunfire, which forced their Hilux van, the last van on the convoy, to turn back. “Due to the nature of the road and ensuing gun duel, our men could not turn back and 10 of us in our van were able to manoeuvre our way out but not without suffering bullet wounds,” he said.

The recuperating officer added that the driver of their van was shot on the leg but, luckily enough, one of them with him in front could drive and immediately took over. Many of the officers took to the bush but hugely outnumbered by the militiamen who knew the terrain better, they were pursued and killed.
“As soon as they killed an officer, his rifle was taken off him.”
Meanwhile, the pervading atmosphere in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, is that of fear, anxiety and hope as the families of the slain policemen converged on the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH) to identify their loved ones most of whom had been burnt beyond recognition.

The Nasarawa State commissioner of police, Mr Abayomi Akeremale, has confirmed that the bodies of 30 policemen killed on Tuesday by a militia group at Alakyo village in Lafia had been recovered.

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Chai this is not good.RIP officers.

a sensible leader would demand that the governor of nassarawa should produce the culprits within 2 weeks but jonathan is a retärd! he would approach this issue softly until this militia group develop wings like boko haram.

an assault on nigerian policemen is an assault on jonathan himself. troops should be sent to this village to arrest the culprits. return fire for fire before ombatse militia group becomes another al-qaeda.

These Ombatse militia group is a tight juju powered guerilla. 30 policemen ambused, I condemn this act in all totality. Rest in Peace fallen heroes!

Some civilians where killed in the crossfire between JTF and Boko Haram, the national assembly ordered full investigation. Armed civilians killed more than 30 policemen same assembly ordered forgiveness by the Police force.

What a country Nigeria is! Nobody will fight for these dead men but will fight for dead homicidal lunatics. Nonsense!

What a tragedy

This is the kind of occurrence that should teach our security forces to adopt strategic planning and execution of this kind of operation instead of the usual brutal show of force that they have come to be known for.

If the accounts of the massacre are true, one can only wonder why 12 truckloads of MOPOLS were deployed to arrest one man.
How did they think that a manoeuvre of such magnitude will not attract undue attention and alert the would-be culprit they intended to arrest?
What was the plan exactly; march 100 armed men into a village and expect that there would be no civilian casualties as usual?

The way I see it, this was a poorly planned manoeuvre that led to the death of these policemen and whoever authorized their deployment should be held responsible.

God bless the dead

[quote
author=coogar]a sensible leader would demand that the governor of
nassarawa should produce the culprits within 2 weeks but jonathan is a
retärd! he would approach this issue softly until this militia group
develop wings like boko haram.

an assault on nigerian policemen is an assault on jonathan himself.
troops should be sent to this village to arrest the culprits. return
fire for fire before ombatse militia group becomes another
al-qaeda.[/quote]

See how hatred for GEJ has overtaken ur commonsense. So why can't the Governor who is the Chief Security Officer of the state give such order! U are not following the story so keep ur mouth shut cos even the Governor may not be unaware of the evil in his state.

Now the Governor has succeeded in sacrificing those police officers just to draw the attention of the Federal government to help him defeat the indigenous people thereby continue the conquest undertaking by the Fulani down to the Atlantic.

We are watching.

When people are being subjugated in their own land ,it is a matter of time when they react
Why should fulani settlers rule the people of Nassarawa
Why should there be an Emir in Nassarawa when a majority of the state are non Muslims
No one has addressed that wrong

chax100: These Ombatse militia group is a tight juju powered guerilla. 30 policemen ambused, I condemn this act in all totality. Rest in Peace fallen heroes!

whose heroes!?? mchewwwww!!!!

wait until u witness their brutality on un-arm civilians!

Obiagu1: Now the Governor has succeeded in sacrificing those police officers just to draw the attention of the Federal government to help him defeat the indigenous people thereby continue the conquest undertaking by the Fulani down to the Atlantic.

We are watching.

That is the main issue here
Watch out how they will quickly annihilate the people here because they are non Muslims yet Boko haram is waxing stronger with Muslims pleading on their behalf

The labors of our heroes past shall never be in vain.

coogar: a sensible leader would demand that the governor of nassarawa should produce the culprits within 2 weeks but jonathan is a retärd! he would approach this issue softly until this militia group develop wings like boko haram.

an assault on nigerian policemen is an assault on jonathan himself. troops should be sent to this village to arrest the culprits. return fire for fire before ombatse militia group becomes another al-qaeda.

Why are you taking a cheap shot at the president?there is a state governor who happens to be the chief security officer of the state,direct your anger to the biased governor of the state.

DO the Police know anything about covert operation. Imagine blowing siren to go and capture a warlord.
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For such large number of personnel, the aim was "Kill them all" had they got into position first and today we would have heard that 5 people died and large cache of ammunitions were recover while the police take the other dead bodies to dump in the river.

babyosisi:

That is the main issue here
Watch out how they will quickly annihilate the people here because they are non Muslims yet Boko haram is waxing stronger with Muslims pleading on their behalf

He might have his wish, unfortunately.

Oh my world!

RIP to the brave men!

GEJ should set up a committee to discuss amnesty for the killers. Clueless bunch of mediocrities.

GEJ must be careful not be used by Al Makura and his Fulani agenda to take over the middle belt.

This is the level at which Nigerian politics has reached. The governor wants to retain power come 2015 by all means, now look at the result. These officers have merely been sacrificed on the alter of politics. And yet 2015 is still far away, so why the hustle and tussle?

Most importantly, youths need to desist from being recruited into political thuggery, it doesn't pay at all. The politicians only turn you into a criminal after they must have used you to achieve victory at the polls. When youths start refusing to take part in political thuggery, these politicians would be left with no option than to do things the right way.

so sad. these comments end in this thread. whats the use? anyway, RIP

This country is heading for destruction.

No one is safe including the president ... oga ooo.

e get some police wey dey terrorize my area.........dey colectted my last card one day like dat........dont even know wat to say!

If the police had considered this traditionist to be so dangerous to have stemmed the deployment of 12 truckloads of officers, why didn't they have air support, why didn't they have a unit to gather intel about civil activity within the area as well as the ammunition available to the traditionist's supporters, if they did have such a unit they could have discovered the so called superstitious activities of the militia and taken the necessary steps to curtail them. Its no news that the strategem the nigerian police work with is outdated and faced with the current deteriorating security situation in the nation its only a matter of time before another group shows up to embarass the entire security outfit of the nation once again. Needless waste of security resources, inadequate funds, insufficient use of common sense, naivety are just some of many words that could be used to describe the nations police force. How sad for those lowly paid officer to have stumbled unto the afterlife unannounced because of the blatant misconception of their superiors.

coogar: a sensible leader would demand that the governor of nassarawa should produce the culprits within 2 weeks but jonathan is a retärd! he would approach this issue softly until this militia group develop wings like boko haram.

an assault on nigerian policemen is an assault on jonathan himself. troops should be sent to this village to arrest the culprits. return fire for fire before ombatse militia group becomes another al-qaeda.

@Seun its time you start banning people calling President Goodluck Jonathan ret.ard, cos its the only president we have and an insult to him is an insult to Nigeria. NL should not provide the platform for unpatriotic Nigerians to vent their frustration.

There is no justification for the governor of Nasarawa state to still be in the government house.

Same for the Police commissioner.

Look how life were wasted?