The identities of the police officers killed by soldiers in Taraba State on Tuesday in Taraba state have been revealed by the Nigeria Police Force.

The operatives were killed while taking an arrested kidnap kingpin to the police headquarters in Jalingo, the state capital.

The policemen killed in that incident have been named as Inspector Mark-Ediale, Sergeant Dahiru Musa, and Sergeant Usman Danzumi.

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A civilian together with the policemen were shot by yet-to-be-identified soldiers in an incident the Nigerian Army has described as “a case of mistaken identities”.

Following the incident, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a probe into the matter to unravel what caused the tragedy.