Gunmen kill three in Borno police station attack

It was a bloody day for the Bauchi State Police Command as gunmen yesterday killed three of its men on patrol along Bauchi Gombe Road. The gunmen made away with three police rifles after opening fire on the policemen on patrol. Two inspectors and a corporal were sent to their early grave in the attack. 

The Police on Thursday

confirmed the killing of three persons by gunmen, who attacked Gubio, headquarters of Gubio Local Government, Borno State.

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

Hassan said the victims included two policemen and a civilian, adding that the police had begun a manhunt for the attackers.

He told the News Agency of Nigeria “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.”

...Jeeezzz,i thought this senseless killing in the North have stopped?