35 Policemen Missing After Boko Haram Attack

According to reports, 35 policemen have gone missing after a Boko Haram attack on a police training college in the Gwoza area of Borno.

The militants attacked the facility on August 20 and are said to have taken over.

A statement issued by the police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu reads:

“The search and rescue party launched immediately has located and brought to safety all Police officers in the Training College at the time of attack,”

“So far, thirty-five policemen who are still missing from the facility as a result of the latest attack are being searched for with very promising prospect of locating them.”

Gwoza has been continually bombarded by the insurgents who have killed many of its residents and even dethroned the Emir.