The Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police, Mr Abayomi Akeremale, has confirmed that 28 policemen have been found alive, following the attack by a militia group on May 7.
Akeremale, who was speaking in Lafia – the state capital on Friday, said that some of the Policemen held hostage by the group during the attack were released on Friday morning.
He said that 17 corpses of the slain officers were yet to be recovered, explaining that a total of 93 police men were deployed for the operation out of which 43 were suspected to have been killed.
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Akeremale said that a suspect member of the militia had been arrested and was in police custody, adding that investigations on the incident were going on.
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