Boko Haram
insurgents appear to have gone wild between Thursday night and early yesterday
morning attacks in Kaya village, Madagali Council of Adamawa State and
Fulatari
ward in Buni Yadi, Yobe State.
During the
attack on Kaya community, the insurgents abducted two children, while a female
suicide bomber died when a bomb wrapped on her exploded in the early hours of
yesterday detonated an explosive device attached to her body, as she was
stopped from entering a mosque in Fulatari ward in Buni Yadi, killing herself
and injuring three others in the process.
The Adamawa
State Police Command spokesman, Othman Abubakar, who confirmed the attack to
The Guardian yesterday in Yola, said two of the insurgents were killed by
soldiers who repelled the attack.
“The Boko
Haram members that carried out the attack abducted two children of age between
15 and 16 years.
“They also
took away a Toyota Starlet car and shot an 80-year-old man during the attack,”
he stated.
He said one
rocket launcher missile was also recovered from the insurgents, while security
operatives were on their trail.
An
eyewitness, who did not want to be named, said the incident occurred about dawn
prayer time at Fulatari ward of Buni Yadi, a former stronghold of the
insurgents, which was reclaimed by security forces in 2015 and currently has
army formations, including a military training institution.
It was
gathered that the injured persons had been taken to hospital and were in stable
condition.
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