The Borno Police Command has debunked news report making round that some of its personnel have been abducted by insurgents at the Police Mobile Training College in Gwoza LGA.
A statement by the Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar described the report as “fake news”
“The attention of the Borno State Police Command has been drawn to a news making round on Social Media, alleging that undisclosed number of PMF personnel were abducted at the Police Mobile Training College, Gwoza.
“The Command wishes to categorically debunk the news, consider it as ‘fake news’ and also to inform the general public that the insurgents, who attacked the PMF training college on the 13th January, 2022 at about 2022hrs were successfully repelled by our gallant officers and men less effort.
“The police did not record a single casuality nor loss of fire arms and no casuality on the part of the Police was recorded.
“On this note, I am using this medium to call the attention of the general public to disregard any misleading information that may likely cause panic and disturb the peace of innocent citizens who are roaming endlessly in search of a greener pasture, and to assure them of our commitment, focus and determination toward bringing an end to the insurgency and other crimes and criminality in Borno State,” the CP stressed.
