Over four months after over 35 mobile police operatives were
declared missing after Boko Haram insurgents invaded the Mobile Police
College in Gwoza, Borno State, killing some operatives and taking others
hostage, the inspector-general of Police, IGP Suleiman Abba, has vowed
that the Nigeria Police would find the officers dead or alive.
Abba made the vow yesterday during his visit to Nasarawa State where he doled out N7million to 14 women who were wives to some of the missing 35 police officers.
Abba gave out N500, 000 to each of the women, saying the gesture was to alleviate the suffering.
A breakdown of the N500, 000 showed that N200,000 was from the Police Reward Fund, N200,000 from the Nigeria Police Welfare Insurance and N100,000 being donation from the office of the IGP.
The meeting was held at the premises of No. 38 Police Mobile Force (38 PMF) Squadron, Akwanga, Nasarawa State, where the families assembled. The IGP expressed worry over the fate of the missing officers.
LEADERSHIP recalls that the officers were declared missing after Boko Haram insurgents invaded the Police Mobile Force training school at Gwoza on August 20. One of the officers, however, resurfaced and resume duty about three months later.
Apart from the cash, the IGP also gave 20 tubers of yam, one bag of rice and one gallon of vegetable oil to each of the women and 84 other wives of policemen whose husbands died in line of duty.
Over 62 widows of policemen ambushed and killed by members of the Ombatse cult at Alakyo village in Nasarawa State on May 7, 2013, were also beneficiaries of the IGP’s gifts.
The inspector-general reassured the women that the search for the missing policemen would be intensified until they were either found alive or dead.
“Those whose husbands are still missing, let me say that we are still pained, we are still hopeful and we have not stopped the efforts to trace them, wherever they are, and we will not relent until we are able to account for each and every one of them; this I want to assure you.
“Without mincing words and with due consideration to the status of my office, we mean every word we say: the search continues, the hope is still there,” Abba said.
Abba also vowed that the outcome of investigation into the incident, as well as panel constituted by the Nasarawa State government on the killing of the officers by the cult, would be implemented promptly.
Boko Haram kills 15 In Borno village attack
More than a dozen persons were yesterday killed by Boko Haram terrorists in a village very close to Chibok, the town where the insurgents abducted more than 270 schoolgirls eight months ago, security sources and witnesses said.
Kautikari village in Chibok local government area of Borno State came under the attack of Boko Haram terrorists yesterday morning, with the assailants shooting at hapless residents, killing over a dozen and injuring several others.
This happened hours after nine members of the sect terrorists were reportedly killed by a bomb while on their way to attack Biu town on Monday evening.
Security sources who confirmed the Biu incident said the terrorists could not carry out the planned attack on the town because one of the improvised explosives they were taking with them for the operation suddenly went off and killed nine of them. The remainder of the gang, most of them injured in the blast, promptly abandoned the Biu mission.
“Nine of the Boko Haram terrorists died yesterday while on the way to Biu for an attack,” said a senior personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) who does not want his name mentioned in this report because it is not his duty to speak to the press. “The bomb they had with them accidentally got detonated, killed nine of them and seriously injured many of them.”
Muhammed Gava, an official of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria in Maiduguri, who spoke to LEADERSHIP, confirmed the attack Kautakari village.
He said more than 15 persons were killed in the village while many other were displaced, according to the reports received from vigilante colleagues.
It was the second time that Kautikari village was attacked by Boko Haram terrorists. The insurgents had launched a similar attack on it on June 28 during which they killed over 30 residents and burnt down dozens of churches.
Nigeria, Saudi bilateral ties remain – Envoy
The Nigerian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Abubakar Shehu Bunu, has said that bilateral relationship between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia remains intact, Hausa service of the BBC reports.
The Nigerian envoy to the Kingdom stated this following a denial of permit for Nigerian cargo carrying arms from Pakistan for landing at the country’s airport in Riyadh.
Saudi Arabian authorities refused to grant over-flight permits to Nigerian cargo planes carrying military equipment, including armoured tanks, from Pakistan which Nigerian authorities had procured in order to fight the Boko Haram sect.
“It is not as a result of misunderstanding between Nigeria and the Kingdom that they could not allow our plane with procured arms from Pakistan to pass through the country as alleged by media agencies,” Bunu said.
Abba made the vow yesterday during his visit to Nasarawa State where he doled out N7million to 14 women who were wives to some of the missing 35 police officers.
Abba gave out N500, 000 to each of the women, saying the gesture was to alleviate the suffering.
A breakdown of the N500, 000 showed that N200,000 was from the Police Reward Fund, N200,000 from the Nigeria Police Welfare Insurance and N100,000 being donation from the office of the IGP.
The meeting was held at the premises of No. 38 Police Mobile Force (38 PMF) Squadron, Akwanga, Nasarawa State, where the families assembled. The IGP expressed worry over the fate of the missing officers.
LEADERSHIP recalls that the officers were declared missing after Boko Haram insurgents invaded the Police Mobile Force training school at Gwoza on August 20. One of the officers, however, resurfaced and resume duty about three months later.
Apart from the cash, the IGP also gave 20 tubers of yam, one bag of rice and one gallon of vegetable oil to each of the women and 84 other wives of policemen whose husbands died in line of duty.
Over 62 widows of policemen ambushed and killed by members of the Ombatse cult at Alakyo village in Nasarawa State on May 7, 2013, were also beneficiaries of the IGP’s gifts.
The inspector-general reassured the women that the search for the missing policemen would be intensified until they were either found alive or dead.
“Those whose husbands are still missing, let me say that we are still pained, we are still hopeful and we have not stopped the efforts to trace them, wherever they are, and we will not relent until we are able to account for each and every one of them; this I want to assure you.
“Without mincing words and with due consideration to the status of my office, we mean every word we say: the search continues, the hope is still there,” Abba said.
Abba also vowed that the outcome of investigation into the incident, as well as panel constituted by the Nasarawa State government on the killing of the officers by the cult, would be implemented promptly.
Boko Haram kills 15 In Borno village attack
More than a dozen persons were yesterday killed by Boko Haram terrorists in a village very close to Chibok, the town where the insurgents abducted more than 270 schoolgirls eight months ago, security sources and witnesses said.
Kautikari village in Chibok local government area of Borno State came under the attack of Boko Haram terrorists yesterday morning, with the assailants shooting at hapless residents, killing over a dozen and injuring several others.
This happened hours after nine members of the sect terrorists were reportedly killed by a bomb while on their way to attack Biu town on Monday evening.
Security sources who confirmed the Biu incident said the terrorists could not carry out the planned attack on the town because one of the improvised explosives they were taking with them for the operation suddenly went off and killed nine of them. The remainder of the gang, most of them injured in the blast, promptly abandoned the Biu mission.
“Nine of the Boko Haram terrorists died yesterday while on the way to Biu for an attack,” said a senior personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) who does not want his name mentioned in this report because it is not his duty to speak to the press. “The bomb they had with them accidentally got detonated, killed nine of them and seriously injured many of them.”
Muhammed Gava, an official of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria in Maiduguri, who spoke to LEADERSHIP, confirmed the attack Kautakari village.
He said more than 15 persons were killed in the village while many other were displaced, according to the reports received from vigilante colleagues.
It was the second time that Kautikari village was attacked by Boko Haram terrorists. The insurgents had launched a similar attack on it on June 28 during which they killed over 30 residents and burnt down dozens of churches.
Nigeria, Saudi bilateral ties remain – Envoy
The Nigerian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Abubakar Shehu Bunu, has said that bilateral relationship between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia remains intact, Hausa service of the BBC reports.
The Nigerian envoy to the Kingdom stated this following a denial of permit for Nigerian cargo carrying arms from Pakistan for landing at the country’s airport in Riyadh.
Saudi Arabian authorities refused to grant over-flight permits to Nigerian cargo planes carrying military equipment, including armoured tanks, from Pakistan which Nigerian authorities had procured in order to fight the Boko Haram sect.
“It is not as a result of misunderstanding between Nigeria and the Kingdom that they could not allow our plane with procured arms from Pakistan to pass through the country as alleged by media agencies,” Bunu said.
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