Senator Ndume Speaks on Attack in Gwoza

Senator Ndume Speaks on Attack in Gwoza

By: James Bwala

Senator Representing Southern Borno in the Red Chambers of Nigeria’s lawmaking body and Chairman Committee on Army, Mohammed Ali Ndume on Friday said there was no attack at the Police Training School in Gwoza as alledged and reported in some media.

Ndume who held from Gwoza in Borno state said, if there was such, he would be in the know as his people would have called to inform him.

It was earlier claimed that dozens of Police Officers were abducted after Boko Haram members overran the Police Training in Limankara village about 20km from the main Gwoza town. But the Senator said the reports being circulated are hosk.

His words, “It is not true that some police officers were kidnapped in Limankara, Infact, there are no policemen in Limankara, we only have Military troops/Battalion in Limankara who are up and doing, and there is no attack of such nature. I will describe the reports as untrue and baseless.

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“I have been receiving daily updates on the efforts troops are making to safeguard Limankara and other communities in Gwoza, and I am very impressed.

“The troops in Limankara are not only stationed in one place, we have them at the deserted Police Mobile Training School, some hills around those axis with sophisticated surveillance cameras and equipments to spot terrorists’ movement.

“So as far as I am concern and as Chairman Senate Committee on Army who is privilege to have security information all over the country, Limankara community and other surrounding villages are calm and peaceful with Military Battalion stationed at strategic places who have been crushing fleeing Boko Haram insurgents crossing from Sambisa forest to the Mandara mountains of Cameroon on daily basis.” He said

Senator Ndume Speaks on Attack in Gwoza