Nigerian Army admits killing three policemen and a civilian

The Nigerian army has admitted that its men killed three police operatives and a civilian in Taraba on Tuesday, but said the men were mistaken for kidnappers.

According to army spokesman, Colonel Sagir Musa, troops of the 93 Battalion in Takum, ‘exchanged’ fire with the policemen after they failed to stop at three checkpoints. He said the soldiers were responding to a distress call that someone had been kidnapped.

It turned out, he said, that the people attacked were members of the IG Intelligence Response Team from the Police Headquarters Abuja.

According to his statement, a joint investigation committee headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Force Criminal Investigations Department, DIG Mike Ogbizi has now been been tasked to investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing of the police operatives.

– PM News Nigeria