Gwoza attack: Police say 8 of 35 missing policemen found

The police said on Tuesday that eight of its 35 personnel missing during an attack on the Police Mobile Force training camp at Gwoza, Borno State, have been found.

The camp was reportedly attacked by Boko Haram insurgents.

ACP Emmanuel Ojukwu, the force public relations officer, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said the officers were found in the last two days.

Ojukwu expressed hope that more of the men would be found with the ongoing search and rescue efforts.

It would be recalled that the insurgents attacked the camp on August 20, having attacked it earlier on August 7, and was repelled by the personnel.

Following the incident, Suleiman Abba, the acting inspector-general of police, ordered that security be tightened in and around all police facilities across the country.