“No personnel of this command has the legal authority to search the mobile phone of any citizen on the road without a court warrant,” said the CP.
Mr Mallai said the deceased was shot in the head, while his colleague, Daniel Yilbin, sustained injuries during the attack.
Cooking gas dealers in Pankshin, Plateau, are struggling with low patronage amid the current price hike.
Troops of Sector 6 under Operation Enduring Peace killed a suspected bandit and recovered a stolen rifle.
The operation was disclosed on Friday in a statement by the troops’ spokesperson, Chinonso Polycarp Oteh.
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced an 18-year-old miner, Felix Obed, to 18 months’ imprisonment for stealing a fabricated iron door.
The Plateau police command confirmed the killing of 20 persons in an attack on Kawel in Mushere district, Bokkos council area.
The Plateau Ministry of Lands, Survey and Town Planning has issued 6,116 certificates of occupancy and 6,846 rights of occupancy to landowners in the last three years.
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old labourer, Abubakar Ado, to eight months in prison for stealing a phone.
“Yesterday evening. The corpse was discovered this morning after the other person who sustained injuries established communication with his community,” a youth leader said.
