Barely 24 hours after the police in Bauchi raided an alleged hideout of suspected members of the Islamic fundamentalists, Boko Haram, during which three persons were killed, suspected gunmen believed to be members of the same radical Islamic sect, Tuesday night, attacked Toro Divisional Police Station in Toro local government of Bauchi State, sacking the handful of police men on duty, before ransacking the station's armoury.
A senior staff of the Toro Local Government Secretariat, who pleaded anonymity, said that the gunmen numbering about five, arrived the station at about 9pm and shot sporadically into the air to scare people away.
According to the eye witness, "the sound of the gun caused pandemonium, not only among the policemen on duty, but also students of Government Secondary School, Toro, as well as members of the public who scampered away for safety.
"When the gunmen entered the police station, they met it empty, as all the policemen on duty had ran away for their dear lives, leaving behind their arms and other belongings," he disclosed.
The source further said that the gunmen ransacked the station, carting away guns and ammunition and freed the only suspect in the cell who was detained at the station for stealing a goat.
It was learnt that they left behind at the station a bag suspected to contain an explosive.
However, no casualty was recorded during the operation as the hoodlums carried out their attack unchallenged.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Bauchi State Police Command, Mohammed Barau, confirmed the incident and said no life was lost, adding that "the police is yet to ascertain the number of arms and ammunition that the attackers went away with."
He said the command has already drafted the anti-bomb disposal experts of the command to comb the area for possible hidden bomb.
The PPRO said investigation into the incident had begun, expressing optimism that the perpetrators of the act would soon be brought to book.
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Gunmen ransack police armoury in Bauchi
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Thursday, July 07, 2011
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