Police Begin Search Of Nasarawa State To Hunt For Alex Badeh’s Killers

Police Begin Search Of Nasarawa State To Hunt For Alex Badeh’s Killers

Police IG, Ibrahim Idris has deployed the
Intelligence Response Team and the Special Tactical Squad to Nasarawa
State to fish out the killers of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air
Chief Marshal Alex Badeh.

Spokesman for Nasarawa State Police Command, Kennedy Idirisu,
said in Lafia on Wednesday that the team, alongside senior military
personnel, were led to the scene of the incident by the Commissioner of
Police, Yahaya Bello, in line with the IGP directive.  

Idirisu said that the late Badeh was shot dead at about 6:30 p.m. on
Tuesday by gunmen at Tudu-Uku village along Gitata-Keffi road in Karu
Local Government Area of the state. He explained that the former Chief
of Defence Staff was returning from his farm in the company of his
friend and driver when unknown gunmen ambushed and opened fire on their
moving vehicle.  

“The former Chief of Defense Staff suffered gunshot injury, which
resulted in his death, with the driver sustaining injuries while the
friend was abducted.

The Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police is therefore calling on the
public with useful information to avail the police with the view to
rescuing the abducted person and arresting the perpetrators of the
dastardly act,” Idirisu said.  

He assured that any information from the public that would aid the investigation would be treated with utmost confidentiality.