The Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, AFOLABI BABATOLA, on Wednesday, condemned the recent conflict between the state police and military officers along Target Junction, Yola North Local Government Area of the state.
The attack on the police facility resulted in the killing of a police inspector, JACOB DANIEL.
The gunmen were said to have attacked the state police headquarters, Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area, in the early hours of Wednesday, sending residents of Yola into panic.
The CP however ordered an immediate investigation into the matter with a view to ensuring peace and justice.
A statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP SULEIMAN NGUROJE, in a tweet shared by the state police command on X (formerly Twitter).
The state PPRO stated that the CP warned that attacks on all security officers in the line of duty would no longer be tolerated under whatever guise, as the Command holds the lives of all security personnel sacrosanct, and such unwarranted conflict would be strictly treated in accordance with extant laws.
The CP stressed said the Command is committed to the protection of lives and property, while noting the significance of working with other sister security agents in protecting the fundamental rights of security operatives, n order to enable them to advance their sacred mandate of serving & protecting the citizens better.