The missing police personnel are Inspector FATSUMA SALE and Corporal ABUBAKAR HARUNA, who were accompanying the remains of a deceased policeman for burial.
The Commissioner of Police, DAMIAN CHUKWU, also confirmed that the police lorry was hijacked by yet-to-identified gunmen, while the driver – Sergeant KUBURA MWADA, was shot on the back but he managed to escape.
According to a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP VICTOR ISUKU, the Borno State Command said the attack happened around Abari-Dalwa village, along the Maiduguri-Danboa Road.
However; DSP ISUKU dismissed reports claiming that over a dozen female police personnel and wives of some senior officers were abducted by the Boko Haram terrorist group.
