Five police officers including a DPO have lost their lives in a gun duel with some suspected terrorists in Niger state.
The incident happened in Gurara Local Ggovernment Area when Men of the Nigeria police force and local vigilante groups engaged the suspected terrorists who attacked some villages and communities.
Confirming the incident, the Niger Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun said scores of terrorists were neutralised as the police repelled the attack but five officers lost their lives.
The state commissioner of police, Ogundele Ayodeji, led a reinforcement team to recover the bodies of the slain officers even as he reassured residents that the Command will not relent in the fight against banditry and other criminality in the State.
AIG ZONE 5, LAWAN TANKO JIMETA PASSES ON.
The death of the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 5, AIG Lawan Tanko Jimeta has been officially announced by the Command.
In a press statement signed by the zonal public relations Officer, DSP. Tijani Momoh, the police said the late AIG passed on in the early hours of Sunday 12th February at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital after a brief illness.
Describing the death as a great and painful loss to the entire Nigeria Police Force, the statement further commiserated with the Jimeta family, the government and good people of Adamawa state on the passage of their illustrious son while praying for the repose of his soul.
Meanwhile, a condolence register has been opened at the reception of the zonal command headquarters in Benin City for the personnel of the zone and the members of the public.
IGP MOURNS POETIC PHILOSOPHER, AIG LAWAN TANKO JIMETA
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on behalf of the Force Management team, and Officers of the Nigeria Police Force, regrets to announce the demise of a great poet and philosopher, a passionate officer and peace lover, AIG Lawan Tank Jimeta, psc, which occurred in the early hours of today, Sunday 12th February, 2023, at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, after a brief illness.
AIG Jimeta, who hailed from Jimeta in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, served in various administrative, investigative, training, and operational capacities during his almost 34 years stint in the policing career. He was a one-time Director of Peacekeeping, Commissioner of Police in charge of the Police Mobile Force, Edo and Bauchi State Commands, Commandant Police Academy, and was until his death the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 5 Benin, Edo State.
The late AIG enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on 3rd March 1990 and was a dedicated officer with a great passion for training and mentorship in the field of security intelligence and peace support operations. A philosopher and poet per excellence, he has a collection of poems tagged “Song of the Peacekeeper” to his credit, and has featured on every edition of the Police ‘New Dawn Magazine’ as a guest poet.
The Inspector-General of Police acknowledges his ingenuity and commitment to duty. He hereby condoles with the immediate family, relatives, fellow coursemates, and friends of the deceased AIG who passed away in active service of his fatherland and prays earnestly for the repose of his soul.
PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY PROGRAMME INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR MEETS NIGER DELTA TRADITIONAL RULERS
Traditional Rulers in the Niger Delta Region have expressed support for the review and sanitisation of the Presidential Amnesty Programme by Interim Administrator, Major General Barry Ndiomu, retired.
The Monarchs at a meeting in Warri with the Interim Administrator commended the move and warned those petitioning and mudslinging him to desist.
The Presidential Amnesty Programme has arguably after 13 years not fully achieved its objectives especially in the area of rehabilitation and reintegration phase.
The programme has been characterised with ghost beneficiaries, huge debt burden, mismanagement, incessant protests, unemployment among others.
These are what the new interim administrator, in the past four months of being on the saddle, is holistically working on to refocus programme.
At this meeting with monarchs in the region, Barry Ndiomu gives accounts of his stewardship.
He also spoke about the reforms put in place as he seeks cooperation of the traditional rulers to face stiff opposition, those illegally benefiting from program.
For the royal fathers the move is a welcomed development and has their backing
This new drive to reposition the Presidential Amnesty Programme if sustained will be impactful and change the narrative for more productivity.
