Alex Badeh
Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has deployed the Police
Intelligence Response Team and the Special Tactical Squad to Nasarawa
State to fish out the killers of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air
Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, Punch Metro reports.
Spokesman for Nasarawa State Police Command, Kennedy Idirisu, said
in Lafia on Wednesday that the team, alongside senior military
personnel, were led to the scene of the incident by the Commissioner of
Police, Yahaya Bello, in line with the IGP directive.
Idirisu said that the late Badeh was shot dead at about 6:30pm on
Tuesday by gunmen at Tudu-Uku village along Gitata-Keffi road in Karu
Local Government Area of the state.
He explained that the former Chief of Defence Staff was returning
from his farm in the company of his friend and driver when unknown
gunmen ambushed and opened fire on their moving vehicle.
“The former Chief of Defense Staff suffered gunshot injury,
which resulted in his death, with the driver sustaining injuries while
the friend was abducted.
“The Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police is, therefore,
calling on the public with useful information to avail the police with
the view to rescuing the abducted person and arresting the perpetrators
of the dastardly act,” Idirisu said.
He assured that any information from the public that would aid the investigation would be treated with utmost confidentiality.