Suspected Boko Haram terrorists kill DPO, 62 others

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists have
killed a Divisional Police Officer, Okezie Okereofor,
and 62 others in four villages of Adamawa State.

However, eyewitnesses also said the gunmen,
numbering about 300, looked like Fulani herdsmen.
The gunmen attacked five villages in Adamawa State
on Sunday.

The villages attacked were located in Girei Local
Government Area.
They were Demsare, Wunamokoh, Dikajam,
Taboungo and Fawore.
Okereofor was the DPO in charge of Vunokilang
Police Station located in one of the towns.

Okereofor, who was transferred to the community
from Okigwe in Imo State barely two months ago,
was said to have been ambushed alongside other
officers and men as they moved into the
communities to stop the invaders.


The bodies of the police officers and others killed in
the attack, informed sources said, have been
deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola.
The spokesman of the Adamawa State Police
Command, Othman Abubakar, confirmed the
development.

Abubakar said Okereofor and his officers and men
were attacked while on official duty by suspected
Fulani herdsmen.

He said available reports indicated that the attackers
looted the villagers’ foodstuff and livestock before
setting their homes ablaze.