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At least 3 killed in Gombe explosion, soldier killed in Jos
Sun Oct 16, 2911
The Gombe State Commissioner of Police, Mr Orubebe Ebikeme, has
confirmed the bombing of the Mobile Police base in Kwame, in
Kwame Local Government Area, on Sunday killing no fewer than
three persons.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the attackers went
to the base around 2.20 a.m. on Sunday and bombed the base which
is located 5 kilometres away from Gombe town.
The assailants carted away some arms and ammunitions during the
raid.
The administrative block of the base was set on fire while many
cars parked in the premises were on burnt.
NAN
Correspondent who visited the scene reports that two corpses
were lying outside the perforated wall as the area was condoned
off while armed mobile police men searched both inside and
outside the premises.
Ebikeme
said he had invited officers and men of bomb disposal unit from
Yola to investigate the incident and promised to give details of
the incident after the bomb disposal experts have completed
their job.
Also the Military Special Task Force (STF) maintaining peace in
Plateau said on Sunday in Jos that unknown persons attacked and
killed a soldier, Sgt. Baba Wuya.
A statement by Capt. Charles Ekeocha, Spokesman of STF, said
Wuya was killed in Lasisi Street, Ali Kazaure area, in Jos North
and explained that the soldier’s weapon was carted away by the
assailants.
``Wuya was on his way to check his colleague on guard post when
the incident occurred,’’ the statement explained.
Ekeocha lamented that the soldier was ``murdered in cold blood
ostensibly by the same people he is trying to protect,’’ and
declared that such bordered on criminality.
`His (Wuya’s)
rifle is the target of the killing; the weapon will in turn be
used to perpetrate crimes on innocent citizens of Jos and its
environs,’’ the statement said.
Ekeocha
warned people bent on disrupting the peace in Jos to leave the
State, and urged the public to offer any information that would
lead to the arrest of those responsible for the act.
The STF
spokesman also advised the public against flashing the distress
cell phone numbers 08101118655 and 07035234228, saying that they
should rather call any of the lines if they needed any
assistance.
NAN reports culled from Saharareporters
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