Gwoza Police Training College: CP confirms attack, denies Boko Haram abduction of officers

The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Abdul Umar, on Friday, confirmed the attack on Police Mobile Training College, Gwoza, by Boko Haram terrorists.

He, however, denied reports that some mobile police officers were abducted by the insurgents.

He said that the attack happened Thursday, January 13, but that the insurgents were successfully repelled by policemen.

Addressing a press conference in Maiduguri, Umar said: “The attention of the Borno State Police Command has been drawn to news making round on Social Media, alleging that an undisclosed number of PMF personnel were abducted at the Police Mobile Training College, Gwoza.

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“The Command wishes to categorically debunk the news, consider it as “fake news” and also to inform the general public that the insurgents, who attacked the PMF training college on the 13th January 2022 at about 2022hrs were successfully repelled by our gallant officers and men.

“The police did not record a single casualty nor loss of firearms and no casualty on the part of the Police was recorded.”

“On this note, I am using this medium to call the attention of the general public to disregard any misleading information that may likely cause panic and disturb the peace of innocent citizens who are roaming endlessly in search of a greener pasture, and to assure them of our commitment, focus and determination toward bringing an end to the insurgency and other crimes and criminality in Borno State,” he added.