Breaking: Boko haram attack Damaturu, burnt mobile base, others,

  The Yobe state capital, Damaturu is currently under Boko Haram insurgents’ attack. The mobile Police base and other places have been burnt, Daily Trust learnt. The attackers stormed the town around 4:45 am and detonated explosives along the Gujba road before they advanced to the Mobile base where they set it ablaze. The gunmen […]

 

The Yobe state capital, Damaturu is currently under Boko Haram insurgents’ attack. The mobile Police base and other places have been burnt, Daily Trust learnt.

The attackers stormed the town around 4:45 am and detonated explosives along the Gujba road before they advanced to the Mobile base where they set it ablaze. The gunmen shot their way indiscriminately into the base but casualty figures could not ascertain at the time of filing this report.

“I was performing ablution to say my early morning prayers when a loud blast went off and shooting continued,” a resident told Daily Trust.

“We all ran into the bush but we can see the mobile base in flames and shootings are still on.”

Resident of a three- bed room estate along Gujba road confirmed that the attackers have raided the area shooting and detonating explosives.

“We can see thick smokes going up and hearing intermittent shootings,” a resident said.

Students of the Yobe state University told our correspondent that they managed to escaped to the  bush from their hostels but they could not confirm if the schools was torched.

Gujba and Gulani Local Government areas have been under Boko haram control since July this year.

Details later.