The military Joint Task Force said gunmen
armed with explosives attacked and burn down a police station, a primary
school and two mobile telecommunication towers in a town in Fika,
Damaturu on Sunday.
“We heard that there were some attacks in Fika by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. They attacked two telecommunication masts, a police station and a primary school,” said Lazarus Eli, JTF spokesman in Yobe State.
He said troops had deployed to the town to contain the violence. Fika lies some 170 kilometres (110 miles) from Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State and a hotbed of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram.
The Yobe State Police Commissioner, Patrick Egbuniwe said preliminary reports indicated that a Police inspector was killed in the attack.
He said a rocket launcher was launched at the station killing an inspector in the process.
Movement was restricted in the town for over five hours to enable security agents carry out their investigation.
However, Mr Egbuniwe said he does not have details yet if the JTF reinforcement were able to make any arrest due to difficulty in contacting DPO in charge the area as a result of network problem.
Fika is an ancient city in Yobe states some 47 Kilometres away from Potiskum.
“We heard that there were some attacks in Fika by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. They attacked two telecommunication masts, a police station and a primary school,” said Lazarus Eli, JTF spokesman in Yobe State.
He said troops had deployed to the town to contain the violence. Fika lies some 170 kilometres (110 miles) from Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State and a hotbed of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram.
The Yobe State Police Commissioner, Patrick Egbuniwe said preliminary reports indicated that a Police inspector was killed in the attack.
He said a rocket launcher was launched at the station killing an inspector in the process.
Movement was restricted in the town for over five hours to enable security agents carry out their investigation.
However, Mr Egbuniwe said he does not have details yet if the JTF reinforcement were able to make any arrest due to difficulty in contacting DPO in charge the area as a result of network problem.
Fika is an ancient city in Yobe states some 47 Kilometres away from Potiskum.
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