BEVERLY HILLS, December 23, (THEWILL) – Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have tried to force their way into parts of Damaturu the Yobe State capital.
According to an eyewitness, the insurgents stormed the town, along Gashua road near the Police Force Headquarters around 5:30 pm on Sunday.
They said explosions could be heard at intervals of about five minutes around other parts of the city.
The Assistant Director of Army Pubic Relations Sector 2, Operation Lafiya Dole, Captain Njoka Irabor, also confirmed the attack.
He noted, however, that the security operatives were able to curtail the insurgents who then withdrew from the Gashua road where they were first sighted.
All activities in the city were shut down with residents indoors while only movement of heavy security vehicles can be heard.
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