Security forces foil attack on Misau town – Police

The Police in Bauchi State said a combined team of security forces on Wednesday foiled an attack by gunmen on Misau town in Misau Local Government Area.
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Haruna Mohammed, told newsmen in Bauchi on Thursday that the gunmen stormed the town around midnight on Wednesday in three Hilux vans.
Mohammed said that the security operatives, who were on “red alert”, engaged the assailants in a gun battle, which forced them to retreat.
He said: “Security forces engaged the unknown gunmen who stormed Misau town around midnight on Wednesday.
“The gunmen, who came in a convoy of three Hilux vans, were forced to escape with bullet wounds and we are on their trail.”
The police had confirmed on Wednesday that gunmen snatched two Hilux vans belonging to the United Nations, following an attack on Soro town in Ganjuwa Local Government Area.
Mohammed said the incident occurred at 5pm on Tuesday.

Soro town is on the Bauchi-Maiduguri highway.
Mohammed said the attackers, numbering about 20, also snatched another Hilux van belonging to the Bauchi State Television Authority.
He gave the registration numbers of the snatched vehicles as 206 UN, 139 UN and 04C – o4 BA, respectively.