The Police Training School in Gwoza,
Borno State, is still under the occupation of the Boko Haram sect, weeks
after it was attacked and overrun by members of the violent group.
However, there is anxiety in the Force
over the safety of the missing policemen, some of whom are suspected to
have been injured or killed by the rampaging sect members.
Some policemen, who spoke on conditions
of anonymity, believed that some of the affected personnel might not
make it back to their squadron in view of the spread of the activities
of the insurgents in Gwoza.
The Police High Command, however, said
an operation to liberate the facility is underway, adding that a census
of the policemen would be taken after the operation.
The Force Public Relations Officer,
Emmanuel Ojukwu, told our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday that an
operation to dislodge the Boko Haram members is ongoing, adding that the
situation at the school would be clear after the insurgents might have
been cleared.
He said, “We are yet to find other
policemen that were in the school, but a census of all the men is being
taken and an operation to clear the terrorists is ongoing. We will brief
the press after the school might have been cleared of terrorists.”
