The federal government has reacted to the attack on a convoy of Audu Madaki, an assistant inspector-general of police, saying that it was nothing but a last-gasp attempt by bandits to score cheap psychological points.
Madaki, who is in charge of zone 12 police command, was said to have been shot along the Kaduna-Abuja road on Tuesday.
This was stated by Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed after the federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.
“On the issue of the attack on the AIG in Bauchi, I need further information from the IG as to the circumstances of the attack,” he said.
“But what I know is that bandits would always want to make this kind of spectacular attack just to score a psychological point.
“But I know that the government is taking the job of security very seriously. As you can see, even today, the honourable minister of the FCT has told you exactly what he is doing to ensure that security is improved.
“Over the last couple of days, I’ve seen that the FCT police command has also given out telephone numbers to call in case of any security breach or information”, he added.
