Nigeria, Sept. 29 -- Armed herders killed 11 police officers on 9 September in Benue State. The fallen officers were members of a tactical team in an operation in the troubled Agu district, in Katsina Alu/Ukum Local Government Area. The tragedy came three days after three police officers were killed at a police checkpoint on the Abugi-Gurugi road in the state.

Many security operatives, as a matter of fact, have egregiously been put to the sword this month by non-state actors, such as the five soldiers killed by the insurgents that besieged Darul Jamal, a village near a military base in Borno State. There are pockets of isolated or single police officer killings across the country. Horrible narratives like these are worrying as they have ...