Some gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram launched an attack yesterday in the peaceful area of Damasak, the headquarters of Mobbar local government area of Borno State, killing five people.
The victims were a bakery staff , an indegine of Michika council area of Adamawa State, one Igbo man and two others suspected to be immigration officers. Damasak is a border town between Borno State and Niger Republic and about 120 kilometres away from Maiduguri, the state capital.
This development is coming barely two weeks after Governor Kashim Shettima of the state visited some communities in the area which were ravaged by flood, and almost 24 hours after one of their own who the Chief of Staff, Government House Maiduguri, Alhaji Abu Kyari, paid the affected communities a sympathy visit after returning from Saudi Arabia.
Our correspondent gathered that the gunmen numbering about six came in a four wheel drive Sport Utility Vehicle at about 7 am on Friday and opened fire at their victims before they fled without being arrested.
When contacted on phone, the Police Commissioner, Mr. Abdullahi Yuguda, was not reachable, but the Information Officer of the Council, Mallam Babagana Mustapha told our correspondent that, six gunmen suspected to be terrorists laid ambush and killed two Michika boys, one Igbo man and two security men suspected to be an Immigration and Custom officers. As at the time of filing this report, the Information Officer said, they were still compiling the reports related to the attack.
National Mirror
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