The police said 93 officers went for the operation.
The Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police, Abayomi Akeremale, has confirmed that 28 policemen have been found alive, following the attack by a militia group on May 7.
Mr.
Akeremale told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lafia, on Friday that some
of the policemen held hostage by the group during the attack were
released on Friday morning.
He said that 17
corpses of the slain officers were yet to be recovered, explaining that a
total of 93 police men were deployed for the operation out of which 43
were suspected to have been killed.
The police and
the state government have blamed a group, Ombatse, in Nasarawa for the
killings. The sect members ambushed the security operatives.
Reliable
security sources said that 65 security officials- largely police
officers – were killed in the ambush; a figure which if added to the
survivors gives the 93 Mr. Akeremale said went for the operation. Many
of the victims were later burnt beyond recognition by the attackers.
The
police commissioner said that a suspected member of the militia had
been arrested and was in police custody, adding that investigations on
the incident were going on.
As at time of filing this report, Mr. Akeremale was making arrangements to visit the Squadron 38 Mopol Base in Akwanga.
The
commissioner said the visit was to appeal to spouses and children of
the slain policemen who had blocked the Akwanga-Lafia highway in protest
over the killing.
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