Borno State Police Command has said that some repentant Boko Haram insurgents have burnt down the check points of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the Nigeria Immigration Service in an attempt to free their arrested colleagues.
Spokesperson for the State Police Command, Kenneth Daso, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, stating that the attackers also targeted police station but they were repelled.
Noting that the hoodlums were repelled by officers on duty, Daso disclosed that the attack followed the arrest of at least eight individuals for drug peddling and other offenses in an operation carried out by the police.
“Following an intelligence report that some drug peddlers, smokers, repentant and Boko Haram insurgents are indulging in nefarious activities, eight persons were arrested including seven male and a female in that operation with 476grams of illicit substances.
“As you know, such activities have been banned in the area by the state government since last year.
“Few hours after the arrest, some unscrupulous persons, so-called repentant Boko Haram, dressed up in military attire tried to invade our police station at Ibrahim Taiwo but were repelled immediately.
“Thereafter, they went and attacked Nigeria Immigration Service and NDLEA check points after the welcome to the township gate and they burnt it down,” he said.
