Boko Haram Did Not Attack Army Convoy In Kogi State..Police

The Kogi State police Command, on Tuesday, denied that suspected members   of the Boko Haram sect struck on Sunday night, in the state and attacked  military men, who were on their way to Kotangora in Niger State.

Apparently denying a report published in a national daily on Tuesday, that suspected Boko Haram members, at a location between  Okene and Lokoja, attacked military men, going to Kotangora in Niger State, for training before going to Borno and Adamawa states for reinforcement against the  sect.

The command spokesman, Aguebor Elvis, saidthat nothing of such took place in the state, saying that: “the command never heard of Boko Haram attacking military men, we are surprised that such a report came out without confirming from us. It was just a distraction”

However, it was gathered that the state  Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Nwafor, had directed that a letter should be written to the Inspector General of Police, in Abuja, informing him that such a report was the imagination of the writer and that it was just a distraction  to cause confusion in the state.

The police disclosed that a statement on the matter would soon be issued to inform members of the public on the true position of the incident.