The panel set up by the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) to investigate the killing of three policemen by soldiers in Taraba State, was unable to sit on Wednesday.

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A source said the sitting of the panel, headed by a rear admiral, was truncated by a quarrel, which erupted between the police management team and the military hierarchy.

Sources disclosed that both parties felt each other was not handling the matter professionally.

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The Defence Headquarters set up a joint committee to investigate the killing of the three police officers by some soldiers on Tuesday.

The acting Director of Information, DHQ, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, had earlier mentioned that the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin, constituted the committee following directive of President Muhammadu Buhari.

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Nwachukwu added that the committee would be made up of seven officers. The committee, headed by Rear Admiral I. T. Olaiya, has representatives of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air Force, the Nigeria Police, Department of State Services (DSS) and the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA).