ACP, MOPOL chief, four other policemen killed in fresh Boko Haram attack.
Two senior police officers, namely the Squadron Leader of the 41 Mobile Police Unit in Damaturu, Yobe State, Kabiru Musa Mohamed, and the state’s Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of operations, Ibrahim Abubakar, were reported killed in the wake of a gun battle between the police and members of the Boko Haram sect.
There were reports that 12 of the sect members were also killed in the confrontation.
Their bodies were picked up in the early hours at Pompomari, a suburb Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
The death toll is put at 24 after another round of battle between the sect and security forces.
Suspected sect members were said to have opened fire on a group of policemen shortly after Friday prayers in the city, killing four, according to local police officials.
Reports indicate that the military have taken over the security operations in the state, while the residents of Pompomari have been given notice by the security to vacate the area.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Tanko Lawal, said the police actually took the battle to the sect members after resident reported suspected movement of the sect members to the police in the area.
Explaining the genesis of the confrontation, Lawal said: “What prompted the attack of Thursday night was the reports we got from the residents of the area over suspicious movements by the sect members in the area.
“A team of bomb experts have been brought in as reinforcement from Maiduguri to help detonate some of the explosives that have been buried in the area.”
The Yobe police boss said enough security personnel had been deployed to Damaturu, assuring that the resident have no cause to worry.
Two senior police officers, namely the Squadron Leader of the 41 Mobile Police Unit in Damaturu, Yobe State, Kabiru Musa Mohamed, and the state’s Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of operations, Ibrahim Abubakar, were reported killed in the wake of a gun battle between the police and members of the Boko Haram sect.
There were reports that 12 of the sect members were also killed in the confrontation.
Their bodies were picked up in the early hours at Pompomari, a suburb Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
The death toll is put at 24 after another round of battle between the sect and security forces.
Suspected sect members were said to have opened fire on a group of policemen shortly after Friday prayers in the city, killing four, according to local police officials.
Reports indicate that the military have taken over the security operations in the state, while the residents of Pompomari have been given notice by the security to vacate the area.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Tanko Lawal, said the police actually took the battle to the sect members after resident reported suspected movement of the sect members to the police in the area.
Explaining the genesis of the confrontation, Lawal said: “What prompted the attack of Thursday night was the reports we got from the residents of the area over suspicious movements by the sect members in the area.
“A team of bomb experts have been brought in as reinforcement from Maiduguri to help detonate some of the explosives that have been buried in the area.”
The Yobe police boss said enough security personnel had been deployed to Damaturu, assuring that the resident have no cause to worry.
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