Death toll hits 43 in Nigeria's police ambush

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The death toll of an attack on policemen by a militia group in central north Nigeria's Nasarawa State has hit 43, and 17 security personnel were still missing, the state governor Umaru Al-Makura said on Friday.

Al-Makura disclosed that some of the injured were receiving treatment, while some had been discharged from the hospital while he received a delegation from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), who came to help in the search and rescue effort.

He said the ambush on policemen on Tuesday was an act of sabotage by a militia group, known as Ombatse, which might have infiltrated the ranks of security operatives in the state, adding that the killing was unacceptable and the government would do all within its power to bring the perpetrators to justice.

He said the government made efforts to invite the leader of the group to explain some of the activities of the sect prior to the attack, but the militia leader refused the invitation.

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