The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arese has made a pledge that the tragedy of the Agatu massacre will never happen again as long as he remained in office.
He said no hoodlum or group would ever overrun the nation again, he said this while fielding questions from Lawmakers at a public hearing on the “influx of herdsmen to Benue State and the clashes among Tiv, Agatu communities and Fulani herdsmen” put together by the House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs.
He stressed that the protection of the lives and property of every Nigerian was the police force’s utmost priority as the loss of any one life “diminishes humanity as a whole.”
Arese said “I have taken an oath to effectively police and protect every security space in Nigeria and I will continue to do that within the ambit of the law and to the best of my ability and that of my officers and men. And I make bold to say that the Nigerian state cannot be overrun by hoodlums; I can assure you.”