Mobile Police Base Bombed In Gombe, Three Dead

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The Gombe State Commissioner of Police, Mr Orubebe Ebikeme, has confirmed the bombing of the? Mobile Police base in Kwame, in Kwame local government area, on Sunday killing no fewer than three persons.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the attackers went to the base around 2.20 a.m. on Sunday and bombed the base?which is located 5 kilometres away from Gombe town.

The assailants carted away some arms and ammunitions during the raid.

The administrative block of the base was set on fire while many cars parked in the premises were on burnt.

NAN Correspondent who visited the scene reports that two corpses were lying outside the perforated wall as the area was condoned off while armed mobile police men searched both inside and outside the premises.

Ebikeme said he had invited officers and men of bomb disposal unit from Yola to investigate the incident and promised to give details of the incident after the bomb disposal experts have completed their job.

The commissioner said the base was cordoned off because “there are still unexploded bombs around the area”.?