The Defence Headquarters has constituted a seven-man joint investigation panel to unravel the circumstances that led to the killing of three police personnel and a civilian by troops of Nigerian Army in Taraba.
Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Acting Director of Defence Information, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
Nwachukwu said that Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, the Chief of Defence Staff, constituted the panel on Friday in compliance with the presidential directive issued by President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said that the panel which was headed by Rear Adm. I.T Olaiya, had a representative each from the Nigerian Army, Navy, Air Force, Police, Department of State Service and the Defence Intelligence Agency.
According to him, the Joint Committee has commenced work immediately.
Recall that the police authorities had on Wednesday announced the killing of its personnel from the Force Headquarters on