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Residents flee as Boko Haram attacks Yobe town

Residents flee as Boko Haram attacks Yobe town Kayode Idowu, Damaturu Published 30 April 2021 Residents of Kanamma, the headquarters of Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe State, were made to flee their town with many sleeping overnight in the bushes as Boko Haram laid siege. It was gathered that the group attacked the town in ten gun trucks at about 6.30pm on Thursday making the residents flee into bushes and neighbouring villages for safety. The number of casualties and the level of destruction from the attack could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report as the mobile network was epileptic.

Boko Haram still occupying Geidam –Yobe LG chair

Boko Haram attacks IGP's hometown in Yobe, shares letters

Punch Newspapers Sections Kayode Idowu and Dogara Bitrus Published 5:05 am Kayode Idowu and Dogara Bitrus Published 5:05 am  Boko Haram insurgents on Friday attacked the hometown of the acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali, in Geidam, Yobe State. The Yobe attack was not the first time the terrorist group would invade the hometown of the head of a security agency. They had raided the villages of former Chief of Air Staff, the late Alex Badeh, and ex- Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, in Adamawa and Borno states respectively when they were in service. The attackers invaded Alkali’s town on Friday evening before fighter jets emerged to push them back.

24 killed, dozens injured in Borno, Plateau attacks

24 killed, dozens injured in Borno, Plateau attacks The Punch Published 12:25 am Twenty-four people have been confirmed dead and 24 others injured, following separate attacks in Borno and Plateau states. Residents of Damasak in the Mobbar Local Government Area, Borno State, on Friday, told Governor Babagana Zulum that 18 persons were killed, 21 others injured and several properties destroyed, when Boko Haram members attacked the town with three gun trucks on Tuesday. The properties destroyed included the United Nations humanitarian hub, private residential houses, a police station, the palace of the district head, a primary healthcare centre, and the GSM Village. The residents lamented that the attack on Damasak was the sixth in two weeks by Boko Haram or Islamic State West Africa Province.

24 killed, dozens injured in Borno, Plateau attacks