In May, scores of people were killed in Mangu Local Government Area after suspected herders attacked villages in the area.
The Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyenka, on Saturday announced the deployment of personnel from the Mobile Police Force across troubled local governments in the state.The commissioner, who was addressing the officers before their deployment, said the decision became necessary in response to several killings in the state and to bring the perpetrators to justice and restore peace in the state.
He ordered all the personnel deployed to be vigilant while carrying out their duties and warned that any officer found engaging in illegal acts would be punished in accordance with the disciplinary procedure in the Police Act and Regulations. The Secretary to the State Government , Samuel Jatau, who was present at the police command’s headquarters to witness the deployment, noted that it was part of the government’s efforts to enhance security and maintain law and order in the state.
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