Gunmen suspected to be
members of BokoHaram
yesterday(Thursday Oct 24,
2013) attacked two wards
in Nasarawa, Maisandari
and the Police Mobile Force
base along Gujba road in
Damaturu, Yobe State
capital.
Speaking to our state
correspodent on phone, a
resident, Musa Ali, said that
the suspected members of
Boko Haram, numbering
over 50, stormed Nasarawa
ward and shot sporadically.
He, however, told
LEADERSHIP FRIDAY &
confirmed that no life was
lost in the attack.
Our reporter confirmed that
the sound of gunfire, bomb
blasts and the battle cry of
the insurgents was still
being heard at the Mobile
Police Base by the time of
going to press. The
attackers were also said to
have burnt down the MTN
mast in the area.
The spokesman of the 3
Division Battalion, in Yobe,
Captain Eli Lazarus,
confirmed the attack but
kept mum on whether there
were casualties. He assured
the community that troops
had been sent to the
affected areas.
Meanwhile, the 10pm-7am
curfew in Potiskum has
been reviewed by the state
government to between
9pm and 7am, following a
shooting on a congregation
at a mosque on Wednesday
where a man was killed and
the Imam wounded.
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