Jutha Gupah, Maiduguri
October 10, 2022.
The Borno state police commissioner, Abdu Umar has said that 389 policemen were killed with the injuring of 450 others by Boko Haram terrorists in 2021.
According to him, over 30 police stations and 24 barracks were also torched in the 13-year insurgency that claimed many lives and property in the state.
Umar disclosed this, at the weekend (Saturday), in Beneshiek, while the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali was inaugurating police projects to improve the working conditions of policemen.
Besides the killings of personnel, he added that several fighting equipment were either carted away or destroyed by the insurgents
The Commissioner noted that this informed the police boss to intervene by completing the various police projects in Benisheikh and at the Police College, Maiduguri.
He added that Governor Babagana Zulum also rehabilitated some of the divisional police stations destroyed in the liberated communities in Gwoza, Uba/Aba, Marte, Bama, Biu, Konduga and Magumeri Local Government Areas (LGAs).
According to him, other renovated structures include the residence of the AIG zone 12 and police children’s school, Maiduguri.
He, therefore, assured the inaugurated projects will be effectively utilized and maintained for effective policing of the various communities in the state.
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