By; Tina Phineas, Yola.
The Adamawa Police Command Sunday confirmed the killing of three Mobile Policemen and the disappearance of two others in an attack by suspected herdsmen in Demsa Local Government Area of the state.
The policemen were among those drafted to secure Kwayine, Gidan Dadi and Karlahi communities after clashes that followed the killing of 47 cattle in the area.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Othman Abubakar, who confirmed the development to newsmen in Yola, said that four rifles belonging to the policemen were also missing.
“Fulani militia attacked the three villages and we lost three of our gallant MOPOL, two are missing while two civilians bodies were also found”.
“We have constituted a high powered search team and by the special grace of God we are going to recover our men”, he stated.
The spokesman said that the police had succeeded in killing scores of the militias who where however able to escape with their dead ones.
The Adamawa Police Command Sunday confirmed the killing of three Mobile Policemen and the disappearance of two others in an attack by suspected herdsmen in Demsa Local Government Area of the state.
The policemen were among those drafted to secure Kwayine, Gidan Dadi and Karlahi communities after clashes that followed the killing of 47 cattle in the area.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Othman Abubakar, who confirmed the development to newsmen in Yola, said that four rifles belonging to the policemen were also missing.
“Fulani militia attacked the three villages and we lost three of our gallant MOPOL, two are missing while two civilians bodies were also found”.
“We have constituted a high powered search team and by the special grace of God we are going to recover our men”, he stated.
The spokesman said that the police had succeeded in killing scores of the militias who where however able to escape with their dead ones.
