The Police said on Tuesday that eight of its 35 personnel missing during an attack on the Police Mobile Force training camp at Gwoza, Borno State have been found.
The camp was reportedly attacked by the Boko Haram insurgents.
ACP Emmanuel Ojukwu, the Force Public Relations Officer, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said the officers were found in the last two days.
Ojukwu expressed the hope that more of the men would be found with the ongoing search and rescue efforts.
NAN recalls that the insurgents attacked the camp on August 20, having attacked it earlier on August 7.
The August 7 attack was successfully repelled.
Following the incident, the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, ordered that security be tightened in and around all police facilities across the country.
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