The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Abdul Umar, has described reports of abduction of police officers by ISWAP terrorists as fake news.

According to him, no mobile police officer was abducted by ISWAP/Boko Haram terrorists, despite the fact that there was an attack on the Police Mobile Training College, Gwoza.

The police chief said the insurgents were effectively pushed back by cops at the cops college.

Umar, while addressing a press conference in Maiduguri on Friday, labeled the released report as phony news, keeping in mind that: “The attention of the Borno State Police Command has been drawn to news making the rounds on social networks, alleging that concealed variety of PMF workers were abducted at the Police Mobile Training College, Gwoza.

“The Command wants to categorically expose the news, consider it as “fake news” and also to inform the public that the insurgents, who assaulted the PMF training college on the 13th January, 2022 at about 2022hrs were successfully repelled by our gallant officers and males.”

He said: “The cops did not tape a single casuality nor loss of fire arms and no casuality on the part of the police was tape-recorded.”

Umar added that: “On this note, I am utilizing this medium to call the attention of the public to disregard any deceptive information that may likely cause panic and disrupt the peace of innocent citizens who are strolling endlessly looking for a greener pasture, and to ensure them of our commitment, focus and decision toward bringing an end to the revolt and other criminal activities and criminality in Borno State.”

ToriNG