Adamawa Police Command's Public Relation Officer, Mr.
Mohammed Ibrahim, has confirmed the attack on Hong Divisional Police Station in
Hong Local Government Area by some unidentified gunmen on Sunday.
Ibrahim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on
Monday that the gunmen attacked the station at 8 pm on Sunday but were repelled
by policemen who engaged them in a shootout.
"They were forced to retreat in different directions
and were disorganized after they were forced to abandon their mission.
"They scattered and could not regroup to attack other
places as they planned", Ibrahim said.
He explained that no casualty was recorded on the police
side except that a girl in the neighbourhood sustained minor injury from a
stray bullet.
NAN reports that the Hong incident came three days after a
similar attack on Maiha Divisional police station on Friday.
During the Maiha attack, in which two people were killed (a
policeman and a civilian), the hoodlums also attacked Prisons, Customs, the
Presidential Lodge, the Area Court and the Local Education Authority offices in
the local Government.
Meanwhile, the Adamawa Comptroller of Prisons, Mr Andrew
Barka, has confirmed that 11 out of the 35 convicts freed by gunmen at the
Maiha satellite Prisons on Friday were now back in custody.
Barka explained that four of the convicts returned on their
own while seven were re-arrested. While seeking the support and cooperation of
the public in tracking those still at large, Barka said the inmates have been
transferred to Mubi Prison.
Barka said the convicts of Maiha were serving various terms
based on minor crimes.
Source: Leadership
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