{"id":719063,"date":"2019-10-08T18:24:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T18:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/soldiers-indicted-in-killing-of-policemen-in-taraba-to-be-punished\/"},"modified":"2019-10-08T18:24:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T18:24:50","slug":"soldiers-indicted-in-killing-of-policemen-in-taraba-to-be-punished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/soldiers-indicted-in-killing-of-policemen-in-taraba-to-be-punished\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers Indicted In Killing Of Policemen In Taraba To Be Punished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_643914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-643914\" style=\"width: 392px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-643914\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nigerian-army-finally-reacts-to-viral-video-of-boko-haram-killing-several-soldiers-in-borno-state.jpg\" alt=\"Tukur Buratai\" width=\"392\" height=\"350\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-643914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chief Of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A panel has recommended disciplinary measures for five officers of the army and the police who were involved in the killing of three policemen and a civilian in Taraba state.<\/p>\n<p>The policemen attached to the intelligence response team of the force, on an undercover mission to arrest\u00a0 Hamisu Wadume, a kidnap suspect, were shot dead by soldiers on August 6.<\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the military authorities to investigate the killing.<\/p>\n<p>The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) set up a seven-man panel headed by I.T Olaiya, a rear admiral and with representatives from the army, navy, air force, police, Department of State Services (DSS) and the Defence Intelligence Agency to probe the incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Enugu Police Nab Men Who Sell Dead, Decomposed Meat Buyers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Tuesday, the panel named the indicted officers as Tijani Balarabe, a captain; Ibrahim Mohammed, a sergeant; Bartholomew Obanye, a corporal with the Ibi police division; Aondoona Iorbee, assistant superintendent of police, and Aliyu Dadje, an inspector.<\/p>\n<p>The panel said the officers must be subjected to \u201cnecessary disciplinary measures\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai A panel has recommended disciplinary measures for five officers of the army and the police who were involved in the killing of three policemen and a civilian in Taraba state. 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