IG orders arrest of killers of Plateau monarch

IG police Idris Ibrahim

By Ifeoluwa Laval

Ibrahim Idris, acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) has ordered the arrest of the killers of Lazarus Agaie, the traditional ruler of Bokkos in Plateau State.
According to Don Awunah, spokesman of the police, Idris has directed Joshack Habilla, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of operations to proceed to the state to lead the task.
Awunah disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja  yesteday.
The statement said Idris ordered that those behind the gruesome murder of the monarch should be fished out in record time.
“The IG said the death of the monarch, his family and orderly, were particularly painful, but more painful when people who took to reprisal attacks,” the statement read.
“He therefore, advised the aggrieved to be patient with the police in their investigation into the murder of the monarch.
“He said the police would leave no stone unturned in arresting the culprits, but needed the collaboration of everyone with useful information.”
Agaie was murdered alongside his wife, son and police orderly.

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