Search for bodies ends
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Africcon Report: Nasarawa: Search for bodies ends
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From: Africcon Media – Nigeria
There are strong indications that the Police High Command has called off the search for bodies of slain policemen and State Security Service operatives in Alakyio village, Nasarawa State following security threat to the search and rescue team.
Findings by our correspondent in Lafia on Thursday showed that the search team were warned to stop combing the Alakyio forest and environs by the villagers, who felt threatened by the presence of the security men.
Though the search and rescue team had recovered a number of bodies, including the late Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Momoh, who led the security men that were ambushed, the police authorities were said to have taken the decision to suspend further search operations to avoid precipitating another confrontation between security personnel and the villagers.
When asked about the decision, the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, declined to comment, saying it was a security issue.
“How can I speak on such a matter and expose ourselves to the enemy? I can’t, it’s a security issue,”he said.
Wives and relations of the policemen have been coming daily to the Nasarawa State Police Command in the hope of getting news about the possible recovery of the bodies of their husbands, but they have yet to see any sign that their expectations would be met.
