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Police
By Aminu Ahmed Garko
Minna, Dec.13,2026( NAN) Alhaji Mohammed Usman, former member of Niger state House of Assembly has called on the Federal Government to arrest and prosecute those behind the killings of police officers in the just concluded rerun election in River state .
Usman,who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday said those behind the deadly act should be fished out and prosecuted .
He said that time has come for the Federal Government to come out with stringent security measures to end the ‘senseless killings’ of security personnel while on official duties.
He explained that killing of the nation’s security personnel posed a great threat to peace.
The former law maker noted that prosecuting those behind the act would serve as a deterrent to others who might contemplate doing same.
He also called on the the federal government to provide state of the art equipment for the Nigeria police to adequately confront the present internal security situation in the country.( NAN)
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