The Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has appealed to the Inspector General of Police to quickly resolve issues with the Police Service Commission to resume the recruitment of 10,000 policemen annually to meet the demand of Nigerians.
Governor Ortom who made the appeal when he paid a condolence visit to the former commissioner of Police in the State, Ibezimako Aghannya whose wife was murdered last Saturday in her room, stated that the society needed better policing due to the increase in population and crime in the society.
The Governor condemned the gruesome killing of Mrs. Aghannya directed the vigilante group to step up their surveillance to checkmate criminal activities.
The former Commissioner of Police, Abel Aghannya refuted the story that his wife was killed by assassins noting that she may have been killed by people who broke into the house to steal.
Mr. Aghannya who described the death of his wife as painful also stressed the need for the Federal Government to do something about the recruitment of more police officers as it was the only way that crime would be reduced.
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