IGP orders crackdown on attackers of Borno police headquarters
By Jeffrey Agbo
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has issued a directive for an immediate clampdown on those responsible for the explosion at the Nganzai Divisional Police Headquarters in Borno State which killed two officers on Thursday.
In a statement released on Friday in Abuja, Force Public Relations Officer ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi confirmed the deaths of Inspector Bartholomew Kalawa and Corporal Mustapha Huzaifat in the attack.
The IGP tasked the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) for Zone 15, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, with mobilising the necessary resources and working with other security agencies to apprehend the attackers.
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The IGP also extended his condolences to the families of the slain officers, assuring them that their service and sacrifice would not be forgotten. He confirmed that all benefits and entitlements due to the officers would be swiftly processed and handed over to their families.
A statement by the spokesman of the Police Command in Borno, Kenneth Daso, on Thursday, disclosed that officers engaged the perpetrators.
“On 9th January 2025 at about 12:10 am, unknown gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Terrorist attempted to invade Nganzai Police Division, gallant officers who were on watch repelled the terrorists, after series of exchange in a gun battle.
“The terrorist threw hand-grenades which unfortunately landed on a shelter tent behind the division, and fatally wounded two officers,” Daso said.
