IG Deploys Additional Troops, Warns Perpetrators

The acting inspector general of police Mohammed Abubakar,? who confirmed the incident in a statement signed by the deputy force public relations officer, CSP Frank Mba, has warned perpetrators of the killings to desist forthwith, saying the police would not fold its arms and allow innocent Nigerians to be killed.

The IG who confirmed the suicide bomb attacks on three churches also confirmed that there was breakdown of law and order as angry youths took to the streets to protest the unfortunate incident. He however assured that the police and other security agencies had restored normalcy in the affected areas.

Mba said: “The IGP has ordered massive deployment of both conventional and anti-riot police units across every nook and cranny of the state (including the highways).?

In addition, the deputy inspector-general of police in charge of ‘A’ department, DIG Suleiman D. Fakai, who is also the DIG coordinating police operations in North-West Nigeria, is already in Kaduna where he is personally coordinating police operations.”