{"id":171220,"date":"2025-07-25T11:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-inspector-killed-in-plateau-during-special-duty"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:31:27","slug":"police-inspector-killed-in-plateau-during-special-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-inspector-killed-in-plateau-during-special-duty","title":{"rendered":"Police Inspector Killed in Plateau During Special Duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed the killing of one of its officers, Inspector Philemon Akawu, in Bokkos local government area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The officer was attacked by suspected hoodlums while on special duty in Bokkos Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>Zagazola Makama reports that the incident occurred on Wednesday morning near Yelwa Nono village, where the officer was deployed for internal security operations.<\/p>\n<p>Police sources confirmed that, Akawu, was posted from the Department of Operations (DOPS) in Jos and had been assigned to Yelwa Nono for reinforcement duty due to rising security threats in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The officer was said to have been ambushed and killed in a bush close to the security camp at about 7:30 a.m. while performing his duties.<\/p>\n<p>Upon receiving the report, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Bokkos visited the scene of the crime and coordinated the evacuation of the corpse, which was deposited at Luna Hospital mortuary for autopsy.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations have been launched and efforts are underway to identify and apprehend those behind the heinous act.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed the killing of one of its officers, Inspector Philemon Akawu, in Bokkos local government area of the state. The officer was attacked by suspected hoodlums while on special duty in Bokkos Local Government Area. Zagazola Makama reports that the incident occurred on Wednesday morning near [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254,191,165],"class_list":["post-171220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nigeria","tag-plateau","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police Inspector Killed in Plateau During Special Duty - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed the killing of one of its officers, Inspector Philemon Akawu, in Bokkos l ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-inspector-killed-in-plateau-during-special-duty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Inspector Killed in Plateau During Special Duty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed the killing of one of its officers, Inspector Philemon Akawu, in Bokkos l ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-inspector-killed-in-plateau-during-special-duty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T10:12:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T11:31:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753430616.633033.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-inspector-killed-in-plateau-during-special-duty#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-inspector-killed-in-plateau-during-special-duty\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police Inspector Killed in Plateau During Special Duty\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-25T10:12:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-25T11:31:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-inspector-killed-in-plateau-during-special-duty\"},\"wordCount\":193,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-inspector-killed-in-plateau-during-special-duty#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753430616.633033.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Plateau\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-inspector-killed-in-plateau-during-special-duty#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-inspector-killed-in-plateau-during-special-duty\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-inspector-killed-in-plateau-during-special-duty\",\"name\":\"Police Inspector Killed in Plateau During Special Duty - 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