Suspected Boko Haram members have attacked the town
of Ngelzarma in Fune local government area of Yobe state, burning
military camps and trailers loaded with grain.
According to the Daily Trust the attackers stormed the town and started shooting randomly around 4pm, Sunday evening.
A security source who wanted to remain anonymous said that the attackers came in very large numbers.
The source told the newspaper that “We tried to prevent them from invading our location but we couldn’t. They burnt down a trailer loaded with grains and our lodge (Military camp).”
A resident Malam Hassan Aminu, said people in Ngelzarma had prior information that the assailants were sighted at Fadangara village, a few kilometers away.
“We reported to the security operatives but surprisingly they didn’t take any action. The boys (insurgents) enter the town and set ablaze military camp, a trailer loaded with grains and some traders shops in the town.”
“The military camp was burnt by the Boko Haram last year, they returned and burnt it again after being renovated by the state government. No action was taken to avoid the repeat.”
No lives have yet been reported lost. Ngelzarma town is located about 30km west of Yobe state capital, Damaturu.
This news comes after an announcement that the insurgents attacked some villages in Adamawa, killing over 50 people, while the military in Baga town announced that during wiping up operations in the strategic town, they had found stocks of arms and ammunition left by the beaten and fleeing Boko Haram insurgents.
Alleged Boko Haram Leader, Abubakar Shekau.
A security source who wanted to remain anonymous said that the attackers came in very large numbers.
The source told the newspaper that “We tried to prevent them from invading our location but we couldn’t. They burnt down a trailer loaded with grains and our lodge (Military camp).”
A resident Malam Hassan Aminu, said people in Ngelzarma had prior information that the assailants were sighted at Fadangara village, a few kilometers away.
“We reported to the security operatives but surprisingly they didn’t take any action. The boys (insurgents) enter the town and set ablaze military camp, a trailer loaded with grains and some traders shops in the town.”
“The military camp was burnt by the Boko Haram last year, they returned and burnt it again after being renovated by the state government. No action was taken to avoid the repeat.”
No lives have yet been reported lost. Ngelzarma town is located about 30km west of Yobe state capital, Damaturu.
This news comes after an announcement that the insurgents attacked some villages in Adamawa, killing over 50 people, while the military in Baga town announced that during wiping up operations in the strategic town, they had found stocks of arms and ammunition left by the beaten and fleeing Boko Haram insurgents.
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