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Suspected insurgents of the Boko Haram group have reportedly killed an officer during an attack on a Customs office in Geidam town, Geidam LGA of Yobe state.
The assailants were said to have stormed the customs house along Maine Soroa road in a Volkswagen Golf and a Land Rover around 10 pm on Saturday and started shooting. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Customs Service , in a statement by Abdullahi Maiwada, public relations officer of the agency, on Sunday, said the timely reinforcement from the Nigerian Army thwarted the attack.
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