The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has revealed that the German Archaeologist, Prof. Peter Breunij, who was kidnapped in Kaduna was given police escorts to protect him and his team.
Reports
say Breunij and his colleague, Johannes Buringer were kidnapped on
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at an excavation site in Jenjela village,
Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna state.
Idris,
in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh
Moshood, said the foreigners did not go to the site with their police
escorts, Vanguard reports.
The IGP also said that six special police units have been sent out to ensure that the Archaeologists are rescued.
The
Deputy Inspector General of Police in Charge of Criminal Intelligence
and Investigation Department (CIID), was also mandated to coordinate the
rescue mission.
The statement said “The
Special Forces and Police Investigators deployed are in contact with
the colleagues of the victims and have provided additional security for
their safety. The team is already on the ground working in synergy with
the Kaduna State Police Command and the locals.
“The
Nigeria Police Force, while assuring all Nigerians and foreign
nationals in the country of their safety, wishes to implore them to
always request and obtain police escort to protect them any time they
are embarking on research, mining and related endeavours outside the
towns and cities across the country.”
The six special units are: Intelligence
Response Team (IRT); the Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU); Anti
Kidnapping Unit; Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU); Police Mobile Force;
Police Surveillance Helicopters and Special Investigation Team on
Kidnapping and Terrorism Cases.
Reports say Inspector-General of Police was summoned by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo to brief him on efforts made to rescue the kidnapped Archaeologists.
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