Seven dead in police post bombing bank robbery

FIVE
policemen
were killed
yesterday in a
sudden attack on a police
station in Bauchi State.
Gunmen operating in typical
Boko Haram fashion bombed
the Misau town police station
and invaded a bank, where
they killed a policeman,
carting away a huge sum of
money.
The hoodlums hurled a bomb
at the police station, killing
five policemen and a civilian.
They freed suspects detained
in the police cell before setting
the building on fire.
They left the area after
shooting sporadically into the
air to scare away people.
Misau is 163 kilometres from
Bauchi, the state capital.
The unknown gunmen then
moved to the Main Street Bank
(formerly Afribank) branch,
which is close to the police
station. They killed a
policeman on guard and
stormed the bank.
Eye witnesses said the
hoodlums carted away huge
sums of money.
Bauchi Police Commissioner
Ikechukwu Ayo Aduba
confirmed the incident on the
telephone. He said details
were being compiled and
promised speedy
investigation of the incident.
An eye witness said on the
telephone from Misau that
“five policemen and a civilian
were killed at the police
station, and the sixth
policeman was felled at the
bank”.
This is the third time the
Misau Police station has been
attacked. It was attacked
during the last general
elections.
No organisation has claimed
responsibility for the attack so
far.
Inspector General of Police
Hafiz Ringim last month
ordered the Bauchi Police
chief to investigate attacks on
financial institutions in the
state.
Governor Isa Yuguda has
consistently said that there
are no Boko Haram men in the
state but armed robbers.
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