Boko Haram attacks Yobe community, targets Damaturu, destroys phone masts
An army spokesperson told PREMIUM TIMES that the insurgents’ plan was to attack Damaturu, the state capital. But the plan was foiled by security operatives who repelled the attack.A top security official in Damaturu, the state capital, told PREMIUM TIMES that many residents of Babangida ran out of the town into the bush for safety while others hid in their houses when the attack occurred.
PREMIUM TIMES made repeated efforts to speak to residents who were in the town when the attack occurred. Their phone lines did not connect suggesting the claim of the destruction of masts was true. “Actually, Babangida is the area that those bad boys always gather before they start coming to Damaturu,” he said.“Everything is under control. There is no cause for alarm,” he added.
In one of the attacks, the palace of the Emir of Jajare was attacked with the emir narrowly escaping the attack.
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