officers of the Department of State Security, DSS
in Nasarawa State, both agencies have blamed
laxity on their part for the death of the 46
policemen and 10 DSS operatives killed by the
Omatse cult.
Speaking at the joint security information forum
on the security situation in the country, Force
Public Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba and his
DSS counterpart, Ms Marilyn Ogar, disclosed
that some policemen and DSS operatives were
ordered to prevent a security breach observed,
not knowing that the operation would be bloody
since the report available to both agencies did
not put the Ombatse cult in the same category of
the Boko Haram terrorism that attacked Baga
and Bama.
Ogar said, if they had known that the situation
would be that bloody, "we would have had the
military back-up but we never thought there
would be such a disaster, otherwise we would
have gone there with the military back up, but
there was no military back up. We (DSS) sent 10
personnel and all of them were killed, four
corpses have been released for burial."
Mba, who said the Police have recovered 32
bodies, appealed to Nigerians to be patient with
the security operatives who have vowed not only
to bring the culprits to book but to ensure such
an incident is not repeated in the country again.
According to him, "we must admit here that
Nigeria is passing through one of the most
periods in terms of security "noting that
insecurity of lives and property was not
restricted to Nigeria".
"We would not abdicate our responsibilities.
Nigeria must also rise up, to take up action and
provide support to security agencies".
Mba accused the human rights community of
turning a blind eye to the mass killing of police
and wondered why they have been silent since
the unfortunate incident, unlike how they
quickly responded in the Baga killings.
He therefore tasked the Human Rights Watch
and others to appreciate that those who were
killed were human beings and those security
operatives too have fundamental human rights.
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