No fewer than 33 police officers serving with the Gombe State Police Command lost their lives in 2015 in the course of performing their duties.
The Gombe State Commissioner of Police, Mr Austin Iwar, disclosed this in Gombe on Thursday during his meeting with the officers of the command.
It was part of the command’s activities to mark the remembrance of its falling heroes.
“The officers died while fighting insurgency or while providing protective services to the citizenry.
