KAGARA ABDUCTION: IGP deploys additional police officers to Niger

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Thursday deployed additional police officers to Niger State to ensure the safe return of students and staff of Government Science College in Kagara, Rafi local government area of the state.

The Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, said a joint operation and rescue mission involving the police, the military, and other security agencies are ongoing to ensure that all abducted persons are rescued and reunited with their families unharmed.

He said: “To give impetus to the rescue operation, the IGP has ordered the deployment of additional tactical, intelligence and investigative assets of the Force including four units of Police Mobile Force (PMF) attached to Operation Puff Adder II, one unit of Police Special Forces, personnel of the Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU) and operatives from the Force Intelligence Bureau and the Force Criminal Investigations Department. One police aerial surveillance helicopter has also been deployed.

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“The Police component of the search and rescue operation is being coordinated by the Commissioner of Police, Niger State, who is effectively harnessing all the deployed resources and working in sync with the military and other law enforcement agents in ensuring an intelligence-driven focused, and result-oriented ground and aerial surveillance in the rescue operations and to bring the perpetrators to book.

“The IGP, while calling for calm, has enjoined members of the community to provide the Force and the security community with useful, relevant, and timely information that can assist in the ongoing search and rescue operations.”

Armed bandits had in the early hours of Wednesday abducted 27 students and three teachers at the college while one pupil was shot dead.

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