One of the two policemen declared missing after an attack by herdsmen on Saturday was found dead with his vital organs removed.
In a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, Moses Yamu, on Monday, February 12, the unnamed officer was missing vital organs, including his eyes and nose, when he was found.
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He said, “The command regret to announce the death of one of its NCO, who was one of the two (2) remaining missing policemen in the attack of 9/2/2018.
“He was found brutally slaughtered, with both eyes and ears as well as nose removed. We pray that God Almighty grants him eternal rest.”
It would be recalled that suspected herdsmen had attacked the group of policemen who were on a confidence patrol in Tse Akpam village, near Azege town in Logo Local Government Area on Saturday.
The new Commissioner of Police in Benue State, Mr. Fatai Owoseni who was the former Commissioner of Police in Lagos said on Channels Television that two of the missing policemen had returned to the command on Sunday, February 11, 2018.
He said they were expecting the other two officers to return safely to the command but this was not to be as one of them have been found dead.
The police are still on the search for the remaining policeman still missing.
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