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Police Moves Special Forces To Kogi Over Gunmen Killing Of 19 People

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Editorial staff
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The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Ede Ayuba Ekpeji has said that special Forces have been deployed to Tawari in Kogi Local Government of Kogi State following attacks on the community by unidentified gunmen in the early hours of today, January 2 that left no fewer than 19 people dead.
The state police boss,in a statement by the spokesman of the command, William Aya, assured the people of the community and the state in general of the command’s determination to restore normalcy in the area.
He said that the special Forces deployed to the area include Federal Anti-Robbery Squad, Counter Terrorism Unit, Police Mobile Force and the conventional police.
“I have ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Investigation to commence investigation so as to unravel the cause of the attack.”