Terrible: 127 people die in Yobe violence, barracks destroyed

by ‘Jola Sotubo
A fierce battle between security troops and members of the Boko Haram sect has reportedly resulted in the deaths of 127 people in Yobe State.

The shoot-out began after the terrorists attacked an army barrack in Damaturu, the state capital, and reportedly overwhelmed the soldiers and disarmed them.

The military facility, which was inspected by the Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, was also allegedly blown up with explosives by the militants.

Leadership News reports:

The attackers then moved down the main road into the city where they rammed the armored car through the gates to the headquarters of the Police Anti-Terrorist Squad. There, they burned down three buildings.

While some of the extremists exchanged fire with the police, the armored car and others in all-terrain pickup trucks and on foot went on to shoot up and set fire to the police Criminal Investigation Department offices and four other police offices scattered across the city until they arrived at the Mobile Police Base, where the armored car caught fire and was abandoned.

 

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