Boko Haram: 30 policemen still missing, says acting IG

 

The Punch reports that the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, said about 30 policemen were still missing following the recent attack carried out by Boko Haram sect on the Nigeria Police Mobile Force, Gwoza Training Camp, Borno State.

According to their website, Abba spoke with State House correspondents shortly after a meeting President Goodluck Jonathan had with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. It will be recalled that Abba had, in September, told journalists that 20 policemen were still missing after the attack.

 

He, however, said on Tuesday that one of the missing policemen had since been discovered to have reported back at his base.

 

The acting IG said, “Even last week, we were able to identify that one of the missing officers in Gwoza had gone back to his base. So there can still be some that are in their homes, perhaps refusing anyone to report that they are around because of the trauma they went through or they could still be among families in some of the villages there.

 

“It still remains our hope that they are alive and that they will come back alive. We are still talking about 30 missing officers.”

 

Abba, however, declined comments on the fate of the Chibok girls saying that the Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, was in the best position to speak to the press on that matter.