Three killed in Borno police station attack

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 Three persons have been confirmed dead owning to the attack on police headquarters, Gubio Local Government, Borno State.

Alhaji Bala Hassan, state Commissioner of Police, told newsmen in Maiduguri on Thursday that the attack took place on Wednesday.

Hassan said the victims included two policemen and a civilian, stating that

the police had begun a manhunt for the attackers.

Revealing to press men he said “We have not made any arrest yet but we have spread our dragnet for them. We are combing the entire area in search of them. We will get them sooner or later.”

However, residents had earlier told newsmen that a group of about 10 gunmen had invaded the town located about 85 kilometres from Maiduguri in the evening.

Mr. Modu Ibrahim, a resident, said, “Some gunmen invaded the town in the evening shortly after Muslims had broken their fast for the day.

“They went straight to the Gubio Police Station where they attacked the officers on duty before heading for the Local Government secretariat.”

Meanwhile, the Federal Government has inaugurated a joint paramilitary task force to repatriate illegal aliens across the country.

Comptroller of Immigration, Osun State, Mr. Ola Omolere, said this during the inaugural meeting of the task force at the Osun Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Osogbo.

The paramilitary task force included the police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, State Security Service, Customs and Excise, Nigeria Prisons Service and Nigeria Immigration Service.

Omolere said the mandate of the task force included arresting and deporting illegal aliens in Osun State.

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