Gunmen yesterday engaged police
personnel on guard and destroyed Damaturu Satellite Prison along Gashua
road in Damaturu, Yobe State.
Greenwich news gathered that the assailants engaged the police in a massive
exchange of gunfire and throwing of explosives that lasted over two
hours.
A witness told our correspondent that
the gun duel began shortly after 11am. “There was massive exchange of
gunfire and throwing of explosives at the police by the gunmen until the
arrival of military and police reinforcement.”
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Another witness said “the police were
ambushed on their way back from Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital where
they deposited a corpse killed by gunmen on Tuesday night. The gunmen
suddenly appeared and opened fire at the police, throwing IEDs, and the
attack was repelled after reinforcement from the police headquarters and
the military”.
Yobe State Police Commissioner Patrick
Egbuniwe confirmed the attack, saying “the attack was carried out by
suspected Boko haram members on our men at the prison yard; they were
throwing can bombs and shooting, but the attack was repelled
successfully by the police and JTF, few sustained wounds”. He said three
suspects have been arrested.
Meanwhile, the Joint Task Force (JTF)
operation restore order 3 in Yobe state has called on residents of
Damaturu, the state capital not to panic over a recent attempt by gunmen
to attack security operatives in the town.
A statement by the JTF said residents
should go about their normal activities as it has successfully repelled
the attempted attack that occurred at Ajari ward.
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