Inspector killed During Police, Military Operatives Clash In Adamawa

By Ranti Thomas

The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed that a police inspector has been killed after a clash between some officers and men of the Nigeria Police and the military in Yola. the Adamawa State capital.

The Police identified the deceased as Inspector Jacob Daniel, who died on Wednesday in the course of the confrontation between the two security agencies.

The state Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola who confirmed the development via a press release, traced the “recent conflict between Police and Military Officers” to a part of Jimeta called Target Junction, from where it escalated with the attack on the police headquarters, located about two kilometres away.

According to the press release signed by the Command’s spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, the conflict at Target Junction “resulted in an exchange of fire and brutal attack on the Police Facility (command headquarters) and killing of Inspector Jacob Daniel.”

Nguroje said in the statement that the CP had ordered an immediate investigation into the matter to ensure peace and justice.

“The CP warned that attacks on all security officers in the line of duty would no longer be tolerated under whatever guise, as the Command holds the lives of all security personnel sacrosanct, and such unwarranted conflict would be strictly treated in accordance with extant laws.

“The police boss appealed for calm as the top Management of both security agencies are doing everything legally possible to address the situation,” the Police stated.

In his response, the Commander of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Brig General Gambo Muhammed, said his officers and men acted against the Police after a soldier was shot and taken away by police operatives.

He said in a telephone conversation that his officers merely wanted to rescue one of their own that the Police had taken away.