The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has deployed a team of specialised investigators from the Force Criminal Investigations Department, FCID, Abuja to Benue State.
The directive was contained in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, explaining that the deployment is to provide additional investigative support to the Benue Police Command, following the attack on Governor Samuel Ortom on his way from his farm at Tyomu in Makurdi on Saturday.
Condemning the incident, Adamu subsequently directed the Benue Commissioner of Police to strengthen security around the governor and the entire state.
“The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has ordered full-scale investigations into the circumstances surrounding the attack and reported attempt on the life of the Executive Governor of Benue State, His Excellency, Chief Samuel Loraer Ortom, at his farm in the outskirts of Makurdi, the State Capital, on Saturday, 20th March, 2021.
“The IGP has also specifically directed the CP to carry out painstaking investigations into the incident and ensure the arrest and prosecution of persons indicted in the course of the investigations.
“Meanwhile, in order to ensure a speedy, thorough and conclusive investigation into the matter, the IGP has ordered the immediate deployment of a team of specialised investigators from the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Abuja to Benue State to provide additional investigative support to the Benue State Police Command,” the statement read.
