A soldier has been killed by Boko Haram terrorists in Saturday midnight attack on a military base in Gujba town, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State.
The Yobe State Police Command spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim , said a military patrol vehicle was also burnt by the suspected terrorists.
The attackers invaded the town by 12 midnight, shot sporadically and attacked the military base.
Soldiers later confronted the insurgents and chased them into the surrounding bush.
A resident of Gujba, Modu Bahna, while narrating his ordeal, said, “They (suspected terrorists) stormed the town some minutes after midnight, shooting sporadically and the majority of us took to our heels into the surrounding bushes for dear lives.”
A local Gujba, Dala Bukar, said, “The attackers did not kill any civilians or looted food or other essential commodities stores.
“They only attacked the two patrol vehicles in the military base where a soldier was killed.”
The state police spokesperson Abdulkarim, said, “The only thing I can confirm to you now is the attack, a soldier was killed and troops and CJTF engaged the suspected terrorists.”
The Maiduguri-Damaturu-Gujba-Biu Road was experiencing a resurgence of attacks by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in recent months.
