Two pregnant women who dashed into the bush for
safety after suspected members of the Boko Haram insurgents attacked their
village, delivered in the bush yesterday morning.
According to the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the insurgents attacked Gunti Gumi Village of Alkaleri Local Government area in Bauchi State.
One Mallam Bala Kurba, Manager of
the Bauchi State government-owned Community FM Radio station in Alkaleri, said
that the insurgents stormed into the village, forcing petrified villagers to
scamper for safety in different directions. Many of them fled into the bush. The
new mothers were among those that fled into the bush.
Kurba, who said he was among those
that also sought haven in the bush, explained that he saw women assisting to
deliver the pregnant women in the bush.
Kurba said: “The women delivered
successfully and were taken to a nearby community.”
The Bauchi State Police Command’s
spokesperson, DSP Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the attack, added that some
unknown gunmen in a convoy of 10 vehicles attacked some towns in Alkaleri and
Kirfi Local Government Areas.
Mohammed said: “Unspecified numbers
of unknown gunmen in a convoy of over 10 vehicles, stormed many polling units
in Kirfi and Alkaleri Local Government Areas, destroying many
election materials. The hoodlums further attacked Kirfi and Alkaleri Divisional
Police Headquarters, but were repelled and pursued towards Dindima Town along
Bauchi Gombe Road. Meanwhile, operations are still on-going.”
Further quoting Mohammed, NAN said
that the entire surroundings had been cordoned-off by combined security forces
and effort was being intensified to restore normalcy in the area.
Mohammed cautioned: “Members of the
public are urged to remain calm and disregard rumour from mischief makers.”
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