Gunmen Attack Nyako’s Hometown, Kill Two Policemen, Free Inmates.

IT was tears and bloodbath on Thursday night in Mayo-Belwa in
Mayo-Belwa Council, the hometown of Adamawa State Governor,
Murtala Nyako, as heavily armed gunmen took over the town
attacking government agencies, banks and people.
The incident which occurred two weeks after gunmen attacked,
the deputy governor, James Bala Ngillari’s house in Madagali
Local Government, claimed the lives of two policemen, while the
younger brother to the governor,  Mallam Inusa Isa Hammanyero
and nine others were severely injured during the attack.
The Mayo-Belwa Council chairman, Mallam Mohammed Bako,
told journalists that the gunmen attacked two commercial banks
in the area and the prison and the police station using explosive
devices.
The Guardian gathered that when the gunmen arrived the
Divisional Police Station in Mayo-Belwa, the policemen on duty
fled into the nearby bush abandoning the Divisional Police
Officer and two other officers who overpowered the gunmen in
the gunbattle that lasted about 30minutes.
The policemen on duty at both First Bank and Union bank also
repelled the gunmen who came with explosive devices.
Meanwhile the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, in charge of
the North East Region of the country, Atiku Yusuf Kafur,
yesterday disclosed that the Police force had recorded a major
breakthrough with the arrest of 24 suspects who have confessed
to last month’s Ganye massacred where 27 persons killed.
According to him, “when we arrested them we had a meeting with
the leader of Muslim Council of Nigeria, Adamawa State Chapter
and the representative of Lamido Adamawa. The culprits
confessed in their  presence that they were responsible for the
Genye attack. On this premise, we were able to establish facts
before we took them to court. For security reason we will not
disclosed the name of the court they are being arranged,’’ he
stated.
Kafur added that the Nigeria Police was still investigating the
recent attacks at Madagali, another local government
headquarters in Adamawa State, which resulted in the death of
14 persons, including two security aides of the Deputy Governor
of the state.