(http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Nasarawa-ambush.jpg)(http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Nasarawa-ambush.jpg) (http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Nasarawa-ambush.jpg)The Nigerian Police says it will sustain the security exercise of terrestrial and aerial surveillance of border communities between Benue and Nasarawa States until peace return to the area. In a joint exercise with the Nasarawa state government, the police flagged off the aerial surveillance in Lafia to compliment troops deployed by the state command, following the Alakio and Rukubi crisis. According to the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of air wing, Mr Ilesanmi Aguda, standby units of the mobile police force, are on grounds in the affected areas to contain any eventuality. The siting of an Army battalion in Doma local government area of Nasarawa state and another mobile police barrack which is being constructed along Lafia-Makurdi road for emergence response are parts of the security strategies adopted to curb border crisis between Nasarawa and Benue States.
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