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Murdered Policemen Rescued Daura Chief, Arrested Evans, Others -IRT Commander
More information has come to light about the heroics of the Intelligence Response Team members allegedly shot to death by soldiers along Ibi–Jalingo Road, Taraba State, on Tuesday.
The team was said to be part of operatives who rescued the District head of Daura, Alh. Musa Umar in Kano State and arrested 13 suspects involved in his abduction in Daura, Katsina State, on May 1, 2019.
The IRT men led by ASP Felix Adolije reportedly came under attack from soldiers while taking a kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu, to the Command Headquarters in Jalingo.
The Force spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, had explained in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, that one Inspector, two Sergeants and a civilian died as a result of gunshot injuries, while others sustained gunshot wounds.
IRT Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, informed newsmen yesterday, that the team was one of the best and most highly trained IRT teams in the country.
He explained that the members were part of the teams responsible for the arrest of the notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans.
According to him, the men also took part in the arrest of 22 Boko Haram terrorists who abducted over 200 Chibok schoolgirls in Borno State in 2014.