The Nigeria Police has paid tribute to three of its personnel killed by soldiers along Ibi-Jalingo Road in Taraba State.
It also released the identities and photographs of the affected officers, a day after the Force announced their death as a result of the unfortunate incident.
The slain officers were listed as Sergeant Usman Danzumi, Sergeant Dahiru Musa and Inspector Mark Ediale.
The Force Public Relations Department paid respect to the late officers in a tweet on Thursday entitled “Will Be Forever Remembered”.
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According to the police, the slain officers contributed greatly to the progress made in fighting crime in the country.
They were said to be part of the teams that rescued the Magajin Garin, the District Head of Daura, as well as those who arrested 22 members of the Boko Haram sect who abducted the Chibok schoolgirls in Borno State in 2014.
The slain policemen also helped in the arrest of suspected kidnap kingpin, Evans, as well as the arrest of Umar Abudulmalik, the “overall commander” of Boko Haram in the North-Central and several insurgents, among other operations.
In a statement earlier, the Force spokesman, Mr Frank Mba, said the officers were in Taraba to arrest a suspect identified as Alhaji Hamisu Wadume, who was before the incident indicted in a series of high-profile kidnap incidents in the state.
He also alleged that the soldiers set the suspect free after attacking the policemen.
Reacting to the incident, the Nigerian Army authorities, however, said the soldiers felt the policemen were kidnappers.
In their recent tweet, the police released the identities of the men who died in the line of duty, with the message: “Where Is Espirt De Corps” translated to mean a feeling of mutual loyalty and inter-agency harmony shared among security operatives.
See the tweet below:
#WhereIsEspiritDCorp pic.twitter.com/f534kGyF9x
— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) <a href="https://twitter.
