A Special Investigation Task Force set up by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, in furtherance of ongoing investigation into to the reported attack and attempted murder of the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, arrived Makurdi, the Benue State capital on Sunday, the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, said in a statement in Abuja.
The team is led by DCP Abba Kyari, a crack investigator and consists of operatives from the Tactical Investigation Units of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) and other experienced detectives with specialized competencies in crime scene investigation and reconstruction, ballistics, fingerprint analysis and other core areas of forensics.
Mba said the team is expected to take over and consolidate all on-going investigation into the incident and also investigate all angles of the reported attack with a view to ensuring that all persons empirically linked to the incident are apprehended and brought to book.
He added that the IGP charged the team which is expected to liaise and work with the Benue State police command and other relevant law enforcement agencies, to be professional, thorough and clinical in their investigations.
