From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
Borno State Police Command has paraded 4 Suspects arrested at the scene of Boko Haram Terrorists’ attacks on Monday along Auno-Jakana road, located at about 15-20 kilometers away from Maiduguri city.
The Police Command also recovered arms and ammunition at the two scenes of the attacks, including a corpse of one civilian in mufti which was deposited at a hospital near the area.
The 2 suspects were also found in possession of new 2 Volkswagen golf station wagon were paraded along with 2 other suspects who specializes in stealing livestock in the area
The State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Aliyu Ndatsu, who disclosed this Tuesday at a press briefing with journalists in Maiduguri said, “my men at about 16 hours Monday were on patrol when they got the intelligence that there was an attack at Auno and Jakana area.”
” On getting the news, the patrol team reached the scenes and found out that the military were absent and nobody at the scenes of the attacks but found inedead body if a civilian hence not in.unifiem which could be either a Boko Haram Insurgents or a civilian.
“I directed them to take him to the nearest hospital and search the area very well where the patrol team found 8 AK 47 Rifles, 2 Machine Guns, 4 AA Rifles, 4 Double Star Barrels, 2 Magazines of 51 rounds ammunition’s, 270 rounds of MG.
“This information and items recovered will be communicated to other secuirty agents in the state for confirmation. I also instructed my men to return to base when we learnt that fighters jets were also deployed later to the scenes”.
“So, I told them to vacate the area to avoid being mistaken by the air fighters as Insurgents. 2 suspects who specialized in stealing livestocks were arrested for stealing Rams and 2 suspects who specialized in snatching and piecing vehicles were also arrested by the patrol team in the area while on patrol”, CP Aliyu said.
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