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Nigeria's police vow to recover mobile base from Boko Haram

Xinhua, June 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

The police in Nigeria have reiterated their readiness to recover the Mobile Police Training School at Gwoza in restive northeast state of Borno from Boko Haram activities.

Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris disclosed this at a ceremony for Squadron Commanders in southwest town of Ila in Osun State.

In August 2014, heavily armed insurgents belonging to the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, invaded the well-known Nigerian Police training college in Gwoza, Borno State.

The militants, who numbered several hundred, stormed the police college with five armored tanks they had earlier seized from Nigerian soldiers who had had made several unsuccessful attempts to dislodge the sect from Gwoza.

The new police chief reiterated the determination of the police under his watch to accord more attention to special police unit.

Idris added that due to enormous security challenges facing the country, the police would go through total restructuring and reforms to ensure the stability of the nation. Endit