WIDOWS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF SLAIN POLICEMEN IN NASSARAWA GET DEAD BODIES

Protesting widows and family members of the policemen killed in Nasarawa State have got their request.
Hospital authorities at the weekend released the charred bodies from the morgue.
It was a moving sight at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), Lafia where the evacuated bodies of the policemen killed in Alakyo Village by Omatse Cult members in an ambush were kept.

The stench of decomposing bodies filled the air around the hospital as families picked the remains of their relatives.
A Red Cross official said of the state of the bodies: “We tried to pack them but the bodies were breaking into pieces, so, we will use shovel to pack them.”


It was gathered that Police Inspector General Mohammed Abubakar authorised the release of the bodies after his visit to Nasarawa State at the weekend.
But, contrary to the claim by the police chief that 23 policemen were killed, it was gathered that more bodies were brought to the morgue at the weekend.
Nasarawa State Governor Tanko Al-Makura vowed to crush the Omatse cult.
The police urged the public to give information on the killing of the policemen. They unveiled a dedicated line for the purpose.
The police and security agencies have continued the manhunt for members of the Ombatse militia, whose leader, Baba Alakyo, they have been told to capture alive.
Governor al-Makura, in a statement by his Media Officer, Malam Sani Mairiga, said the crisis had no religious connotation.
The statement said: “The state government will not watch while some disgruntled individuals hold it to ransom and turn the state into a theatre of death, undermining the development efforts of this administration.
“The state government will deal decisively with those fanning the embers of crisis in the state, including their sponsors.
“We have had enough bloodshed in Nasarawa; those who are hell-bent on sabotaging our efforts will not go unpunished.
“It is unfortunate that some people still perpetrate evil against their fellow human beings at a time when the state has begun to count the gains of democracy.
“The crisis has no religious coronation as being speculated by some section of the media; some people are just bent on destroying the state because they feel they are not in power.
“They should know that nemesis will soon catch up with them.
“There is no hiding place for unpatriotic individuals in Nasarawa; there is no cause that can justify the killing of innocent souls. “