The number of policemen
killed by cultists in Assakio village, Nasarawa, rose to 30
on Thursday while the
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Momoh, who led the security agents to
the shrine of the Ombatse
Militia cult group has been
declared missing. Nasarawa State Commissioner
of Police, Abayomi
Akeremale, told journalists on
Thursday that the bodies of
the 30 policemen had been
recovered and deposited at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist
Hospital in the state capital
Lafia. Most of the bodies were said
to have been burnt beyond
recognition. Momoh, a number of
policemen and State Security
Service operatives were still
to be accounted for 24 hours
after they were attacked by
members of Ombatse militia group. Also on Thursday, wives of
policemen in the state
protested on the streets of
Lafia over the murder of their
husbands by the cultists. The Nasarawa State Police
Public Relations Officer,
Michael Ada, confirmed that
the protesting wives had
blocked the Akwanga-Lafia
Federal Highway at the Squadron 38 MOPOL Base area
in Akwanga. Akeremale said he could not
confirm yet whether the ACP
had died but that his men
were still searching for the
man who led the security
agents to confront members of hitherto unknown
Ombatse Militia on Tuesday. Governor Tanko Al-Makura on
Wednesday had reported to
Vice-President Namadi Sambo
that a team of policemen sent
to arrest members of the cult
were ambushed and killed. He had told the VP that 20
policemen were killed. The CP said, “We cannot say
for now that he (Momoh) is
dead; we are still searching,
the rescue operation is still on;
and we cannot actually
confirm he is dead, we can only say he is missing for
now. “Investigation is ongoing to
ascertain the whereabouts of
other officers, no arrests have
been made (yet) but efforts
are being made to bring the
perpetrators of this dastardly act to book. “We believe that members of
the group are still in the bush
around the area, and we
would do all we can to smoke
them out.” The CP said nine police patrol
vehicles were also burnt. The Presidency on Thursday
announced that President
Goodluck Jonathan had
decided to cut short his
ongoing foreign trip and
return home. Special Adviser to the
President on Media and
Publicity, Rueben Abati, in a
statement said Jonathan
would return to the country
to personally oversee efforts to tackle the fresh challenges
to national security. The statement read, “In view
of recent developments at
home in Nigeria, President
Goodluck Jonathan has cut
short his visit to South Africa
and aborted his state visit to Namibia which was due to
start today. “The President is returning to
Abuja immediately to
personally oversee efforts by
national security agencies to
contain the fresh challenges to
national security which have emerged this week in Borno,
Plateau and Nasarawa states. “President Jonathan will on
arrival meet with the Chief of
Defence Staff, the Service
Chiefs, the Inspector-General
of Police and heads of national
security services to review the security situation in the
country.” This is even as a source in the
Presidency said intelligence
reports on the Nasarawa
killings had allegedly indicted
Al-Makura for poor handling
of the situation. The governor is said to have been neutral in
the killings. “He merely ran to the Villa to
brief the VP as a way of
exonerating himself after
things have boomeranged in
his state,” the source said. Meanwhile, the Inspector-
General of Police, Mohammed
Abubakar, has ordered a
manhunt for the killers of the
security personnel and
directed all the field commanders and special units
to apprehend the criminals. He condemned the attacks on
security men in Nasarawa,
Bayelsa and Borno states, and
described them as an attack
on the collective will of
Nigerians. A statement by the Deputy
Force Public Relations Officer,
Frank Mba, said the police
were poised to bring to an
end the reign of terror and
lawlessness in the country. The statement read, “Police
High Command received early
this morning news of the
unprovoked and brutal killing
of scores of policemen who
were on legitimate assignment in Nasarawa State.
This disturbing, condemnable
and highly distressing
incident, coming closely after
similar ones in Bayelsa and
Borno states, has thrown up a new and emerging threat in
the delicate task of policing
our country. “We consider the attack not
just an attack on the Nigeria
Police and its officers and men
but an attack on the collective
will of Nigerians to protect
and preserve our dear fatherland; this we have
vowed to put an end to. “Consequently, the IGP has
directed all the field
commanders and special units
including Assistant Inspectors-
General of Police and
Commissioners of Police to harness all resources available
within their domain to
apprehend the criminals.”

And where are the soldiers sent to freedom square in Lagos to quench fuel protest? Over 20 policement killed and soldiers have not be deployed. Ordinary protest by unarmed civilians, Nigerian government will deploy soldiers to quench it.

OsunOriginal: And where are the soldiers sent to freedom square in Lagos to quench fuel protest? Over 20 policement killed and soldiers have not be deployed. Ordinary protest by unarmed civilians, Nigerian government will deploy soldiers to quench it.

pardon my ignorance, fuel protest of the other year or another one is currently going on?

OsunOriginal: And where are the soldiers sent to freedom square in Lagos to quench fuel protest? Over 20 policement killed and soldiers have not be deployed. Ordinary protest by unarmed civilians, Nigerian government will deploy soldiers to quench it.

so that tomorrow u will turn around nd lame gej for genocide abi.hypocrete

ikwere militant: so that tomorrow u will turn around nd lame gej for genocide abi.hypocrite

Abi ooo. He takes action and folks would begin to ask for his impeachment. He is silent and people say that he is weak. Honestly, you cant just satisfy people.

DatNiggaAk: The government should grant the Ombatse Militia amnesty.
If boko haram can be granted amnesty, they equally deserve it too.
Boko haram kills soldiers, Ombatse Militia has not killed soldiers
boko haram kills prison wardens, Ombatse Militia has not killed prison wardens
boko haram bombs churches,UN buildings, markets, Ombatse Militia does not bomb anywhere
boko haram opens fire on civilians in public, Ombatse Militia only kills fulani herdsmen and niger/chadian mercenaries
boko haram kills policemen, Ombatse Militia kills policemen.
Unless GEJ wants them to join boko haram in wanton killings, they should be granted amnesty now or recruited by GEJ to fight boko haram since they are not affected by bullets and have managed to repel fulani herdsmen who are on a reign of terror in the middle belt.
Because they are not from the core north does not mean they should be discriminated against.

is every thing all about amnesty?