Police officers’ wives protest killing of spouses in Nasarawa

At least 30 policemen were shot dead on Wednesday in Nassarawa.

Wives of policemen killed on Tuesday in Nasarawa State by a militia group took to the streets on Thursday to protest the murder of their spouses.

The Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Michael Ada, said the protesting women had blocked the Akwanga–Lafia Federal Highway at the Squadron 38 Mopol base axis in Akwanga.

He said the women are demanding to know what actually happened to their spouses and had called on the government to ensure that justice was done and the killers arrested and brought to book.

Mr. Ada said the Commissioner of Police, Abayomi Akeremale, had directed the Akwanga Area Commander to appeal to the women to be calm.

He said the death of the officers was a big blow not just to the police, but the country at large and assured their spouses that the police would do all within its power to ensure that the death of the gallant officers was not in vain.

There was heavy traffic as a result of the protest. The women, who came out in large number, set fire along the highway with many of them wailing uncontrollably and raining curses.

The police have confirmed that 30 of its officials were killed and others still missing when members of a cult group ambushed police officers sent to dislodge them.