45 Policemen Killed In Adamawa By Boko Haram This Year Alone

                   

Based on The Nation newspaper reports, unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram have killed 45 personnel of the Adamawa State Police Command and seized their arms and ammunition in shootouts since January this year.
A source at the police headquarters told reporters that an average of five policemen are being killed every week in the state in shootouts by gunmen.

The source said: “In the Jimeta metropolis alone, we have lost over four personnel in the last three days
while engaging in shootouts with gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members.”
The command’s spokesman, ASP Nemuel Yoila, admitted that the Nigeria Police was losing men to suspected Boko Haram members, but declined to state the exact figure, saying he needed time to ascertain the figure. But sources put the casualty figure at 45.

Yesterday morning, federal and state civil servants as well as policemen heading for the Adamawa State Police Command headquarters were asked to take another route because of a bomb scare.
The bomb scare, which made many people to run, occurred about 8:20am when a Honda accord car parked adjacent to an area court at the roundabout leading to the police headquarters, was suspected to have been parked by Boko Haram terrorists.

The car was said to have attracted the attention of a patrol team, which immediately cordoned off the area and diverted vehicular and human traffic on the busy Galadima Raji Road for over three hours.
Confirming the incident, the police command spokesman Yoila said it was later discovered by the bomb disposal squad that the car did not contain Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). As reported by The Nation newspaper.