Information reaching 247ureports.com indicate that a police helicopter may have been shotdown in Jos – as it flew from Abuja to Jos.
According to the information gathered, the helicopter was carrying the new DIG of Operations, John Haruna to Jos on an official duty relating to the suspected Boko Haram activity in the Jos metropolitan area.
DIG John Haruna was just promoted to the rank of DIG only 2 weeks ago.
The status of John Haruna is not know at the moment. The status of other occupants of the helicopter are not known.
The police headquarters in Abuja, when contacted did not respond officially -but a source confirmed the incident but noted that it was called a crash. He stated that it is unlikely that the copter was shotdown. But eyewitnesses indicated otherwise.
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