Gunmen,
believed to be members of the extremist Boko Haram sect, have launched a
vicious attack on the police station in Nafada local government area of
Gombe state.
Police officers attached to the station have
been overpowered even as some of the officers reportedly fled on
sighting the insurgents said to have superior fire power, security
sources said.
Police sources said the Gombe
State Command of the Police had already sent reinforcement to the town
to explore the possibility of restoring normalcy and retaking the
station from the insurgents.
Arms and ammunition are however believed to have been looted from the station.
The
spokesperson of the Command, Fwaje Atajiri, confirmed there were
reports of attacks in Nafada, and that reinforcement had been sent
there. He however said details of the incident were still sketchy.
The
attack on Nafada police station is coming almost a year after a similar
onslaught by the insurgents on the police station in Boduje Town of
Kwami Local Government Area of the State.
A police officer and three suspected sect members were killed in that November 19, 2013 attack, the police said at the time.
Five
days ago, a deadly explosion, believed to have been masterminded by the
Boko Haram sect, that ripped through a bus station in central Gombe
killed at least 23 people and injured many more.
Credit: PremiumTimes
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