Day 3 of Buhari's Presidency....Another bomb blast in Yobe & borno....Police station attacked
It was gathered that the militants stormed Ngalda village around 6:30pm where they seized fuel from black marketers and burgled provision stores before attacking Fika, the local government headquarters.
Malam Ahmadu Maikano, a resident in Fika said that gunmen went into the town in two hilux vans and 5 motorcycles shooting sporadically “They burnt down police station, local government secretariat, LEA and departments of health, works,” he said.
He said the militants snatched an open van parked in the town and loaded it with food stuffs, drinks and other essentials from the two provision stores they forced opened.
He said residents had earlier gotten wind of the insurgents’ advance hours to the attack. “That’s why many residents didn't sleep in Ngalda and Fika, we all fled to save places” he said adding that no lost of lives has been reported.
When contacted, Yobe state Police Public Relation Officer, Mr Toyin Gbadegesin said he is not aware of the attack "But, I will call the CP (Commissioner of Police) for confirmation."
Also An official of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria in Maiduguri, Abbas Gava, also confirmed that another bomb went off today in Maiduguri barley 24hrs after the first one had killed 26 people.
Today’s blast occurred at Gamboru market near Nigeria Customs Service House in Maiduguri.
Witnesses said the bomb that exploded was buried in a heap of sacks at a spot where charcoal merchants have their stalls.
“The explosion did not kill any one but injured four persons among whom one has his arm completely ripped off by the blast”, said Jafar Aminu, a trader.
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