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Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by SlavaUkraini(op): 2:16pm On Dec 19, 2025

The body of Mohammed Yakubu, a police inspector who went missing in Benue state, has reportedly been recovered in Guma LGA.

According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the remains were found on Thursday in a bush near the location where the officer was last seen.

Yakubu, an inspector with the 13 Police Mobile Force (PMF) attached to Operation Zenda Joint Task Force (JTF), was reported missing on June 13, 2025.

He reportedly disappeared at Tse Keleke, about 10 kilometres from Daudu, while on duty.

The publication said a joint team comprising officers from the Makurdi metropolitan area command, Daudu division, police medical unit, state intelligence service (SIS), 13 PMF, Operation Zenda JTF, counter-terrorism unit (CTU), and Benue state civil protection guards was deployed to the scene.

The team recovered skeletonised remains, which were conveyed to the 13 PMF base.

Citing police sources, Zagazola said the remains would be released to the family for burial after necessary consultations.

It said the command described the recovery as bringing closure to the long-standing missing-in-action case.

https://www.thecable.ng/missing-police-officer-found-dead-in-benue/

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by GAZADEYPARA: 2:41pm On Dec 19, 2025

Dog dey chop dog, na normal thing

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by matify83: 4:59pm On Dec 19, 2025

The remains was found close to where he was last seen and he remained missing for all this 6 months.

No smell to draw the attention of villagers or passerbys until he became a skeleton?

This is super story......

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by tophumble(m): 5:09pm On Dec 19, 2025

May his soul rest in perfect peace

Someone who got missing on 13th June, 2025, how come they just found his corpse. A lot of questions to be answered

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by Mattswaggz: 5:09pm On Dec 19, 2025

Yekinis Nigeria is nothing to write home about.....the clueless vegetable doesn't even know his left from his right.

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by mysticwarrior(m): 5:11pm On Dec 19, 2025

The death of law enforcement officers are not taken seriously in Nigeria, and this is bad.

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by FatimaAbubakar(f): 5:13pm On Dec 19, 2025

I blame Tinumgbuka for the atrocities in Nigeria.

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by Alfred200825(m): 5:13pm On Dec 19, 2025

Na him patrol squad run am

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by pointblank247(m): 5:16pm On Dec 19, 2025

So sad. RIP to the dead.
But we need to be more serious in this country.

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by fmlala: 5:18pm On Dec 19, 2025

MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by hatchy: 5:28pm On Dec 19, 2025

Police with their bad reporting.

What killed him?
How did he die?
Who killed him?

A lot of questions that required answers

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by Incognito403: 5:32pm On Dec 19, 2025

There's more killings going on in Benue and Plateau than any part of the country, unfortunately our media keep turning a blind eye to it because they are not muslims.

Hypocrisy at its peak.

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by Ewedegubbler: 5:32pm On Dec 19, 2025

time for the village to park out. because i no follow bail is gona start from 100k

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by Nonso92(m): 5:35pm On Dec 19, 2025

This kind of super story ehn!

He was found in a nearby bush where he was last seen and has been missing since June.

Since June none of the 13 officers thought to check in the nearby bushes where he was last seen for the past 6 months till now.

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by Tayorshd87(m): 5:40pm On Dec 19, 2025

body of Mohammed Yakubu, a police inspector who went missing in Benue state, has reportedly been recovered in Guma LGA.

According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by Dancebreaker: 5:52pm On Dec 19, 2025

matify83:
The remains was found close to where he was last seen and he remained missing for all this 6 months.

No smell to draw the attention of villagers or passerbys until he became a skeleton?

This is super story......

And police didn't use dog to search the area back in June? shocked

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by Breaker001: 5:55pm On Dec 19, 2025

matify83:
The remains was found close to where he was last seen and he remained missing for all this 6 months.

No smell to draw the attention of villagers or passerbys until he became a skeleton?

This is super story......

I'm telling you 😂
Super story no pass this one.

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by Chegesnd: 6:00pm On Dec 19, 2025

See reporting .....
His remains was discovered in a bush close to where he was last seen, bla bla bla!
Did he get missing while in operation?

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by IamAsiri: 6:17pm On Dec 19, 2025

Nonso92:
This kind of super story ehn!

He was found in a nearby bush where he was last seen and has been missing since June.

Since June none of the 13 officers thought to check in the nearby bushes where he was last seen for the past 6 months till now.

Going back there would give them PTSD🙄.

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by thatigboman: 6:31pm On Dec 19, 2025

Chegesnd:
See reporting .....
His remains was discovered in a bush close to where he was last seen, bla bla bla!
Did he get missing while in operation?

daudu is about 10km from Makurdi. Where they have IDP and ex-IDPs that then settled in the town.
It's same place Fulani terrorists killed over 100 citizens recently.
The policeman was likely abducted, killed and dumped there by the marauders.

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Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by AliEzeOlu: 6:41pm On Dec 19, 2025

mysticwarrior:
The death of law enforcement officers are not taken seriously in Nigeria, and this is bad.

Maybe because they signed up for it.

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by tit(f): 6:55pm On Dec 19, 2025

What of his miyetti allah is card?

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by ARISHEM: 7:38pm On Dec 19, 2025

I hope they are not closing investigations that led to his been missing which led to his death.

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by maasoap(m): 7:40pm On Dec 19, 2025

GAZADEYPARA:
Dog dey chop dog, na normal thing

You didn't make sense. Nah by force to comment?

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by sync(f): 2:03am On Dec 20, 2025

How did they confirm the remains were those of the missing officer with no DNA or dental records to work with. Africa my Africa

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by MrSly(m): 7:48am On Dec 20, 2025

matify83:
The remains was found close to where he was last seen and he remained missing for all this 6 months.

No smell to draw the attention of villagers or passerbys until he became a skeleton?

This is super story......

My dear. Brain no go kill you.

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by MrSly(m): 7:50am On Dec 20, 2025

Nonso92:
This kind of super story ehn!

He was found in a nearby bush where he was last seen and has been missing since June.

Since June none of the 13 officers thought to check in the nearby bushes where he was last seen for the past 6 months till now.

And the body decomposed with no odour.

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by freakyavia: 9:19am On Dec 20, 2025

They can all die for all I care I have not met anyone of them that deserve sympathy

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by muyico(m): 3:35pm On Dec 20, 2025

This story no clear!!
His skeleton 🦴 was found, where dey see him last

Re: Missing Police Officer Found Dead In Benue by nightsaint(m): 3:59pm On Dec 20, 2025

Another indication of the state of anarchy we are in. No one is safe. The government has failed woefully.

SlavaUkraini:
https://www.thecable.ng/missing-police-officer-found-dead-in-benue/

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