Boko Haram gunmen fought running battles with Nigerian
troops on the streets of the northeastern city of Damaturu
on Friday, in an apparent reprisal attack after a recent raid
on a militant stronghold, residents told AFP.
“The gunmen arrived at around 7:30 pm (1830 GMT), firing
guns and shouting ‘Allahu Akbar!’ (God is greatest),” said
Mukhtar Sani, a student of the Yobe State University in the
city.
Troops intercepted the Islamists and Aishatu Bala, who
lives nearby, added: “All the streets are deserted. Everybody
has moved indoors and all we hear are sounds of gunfire.”
Umar Haruna, a civil servant residing in Damaturu also
stated that the city and its residents have come under
attack again.
He said the attack started at about 8p.m.
“We are under attack; gun shooting everywhere in
Damaturu…we dont know what to do now,” he said.
A top security officer of the State Security Service, SSS,
who refused to be named because he was not authorised to
speak on the development, told our correspondent via SMS
that “Yes, there is an attack going on here and I believe the
soldiers and the police are containing the attacks”. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL AND TOUCHING NIGERIAN CELEBRITIES BIOGRAPHY AND SCANDALS
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