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ISWAP Claims Responsibility For Attack On Kogi Police Station

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Apr 24, 2022.

Yinka Akanbi

The Voice of America said ISWAP released a statement claiming responsibility for the attack
ISWAP had also claimed responsibility for a bomb attack which killed Taraba residents last week

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for the attack on a police station in Adavi, Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State.

Gunmen had invaded the station in the early hours of Saturday.

William Aya, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Kogi, said the attackers, who struck from the opposite direction, shot sporadically.

He said while the command lost three of its officers during the gun duel, the hoodlums fled with gunshot wounds as they could not get access to the station.

Aya said the state’s commissioner of police, CP Edward Egbuka, deployed a team of tactical operatives in the area to restore normalcy.

In a report, the Voice of America said ISWAP released a statement claiming responsibility for the attack.

“The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) claimed responsibility in a statement on Telegram,” VOA said in a report.

“Soldiers of the Caliphate attacked a police station,” it said, adding that five people were killed in the raid.”

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Although there is a high level of insecurity in Kogi, where bandits and kidnappers have been operating in recent months, the state is not known for ISWAP attacks, as the sect operates mainly in the North East.

ISWAP had also claimed responsibility for a bomb attack which killed Taraba residents last week.

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