Abba Kyari storms Makurdi, begins hunt for Ortom’s attackers

In efforts to unravel the mystery behind the assassination attempt on the life of Governor Samuel Ortom, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammad Adamu, has activated a special taskforce.

To this end, the IGP deployed super cop Abba Kyari to Benue state. His task is to investigate the attempt and bring those involved to justice.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba on Sunday, March 28.

According to him, Kyari's team consists of operatives from the Tactical Investigation Units of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB).

Specifically, those deployed are crack detectives with specialized competencies in crime scene investigation and reconstruction, ballistics, fingerprint analysis and other core areas of forensics," Daily Trust reports.

He said the team is expected to do the following:

1. Take over and consolidate all on-going investigations into the incident.

2. Investigate all angles of the reported attack

3. Ensure that all persons empirically linked to the incident are apprehended and brought to book.

According to reports the police arrested three Jukun fishermen over the recent attack.

The security adviser to Ortom, Paul Hemba, confirmed the arrest of the suspects.

Hemba stated the police team found the fishermen close to the scene of the attack and are being investigated.