Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have
attacked a bank and a political party’s office
on Tuesday in Nafada, Gombe State,
according to witnesses. Nafada is a town
near Gombe’s border with Yobe State.
“They came in large numbers in vans and on
motorcycles, shouting Allahu Akbar (God is
greater),” Vanguard quoted a resident
identified as Abubakar Galda as saying.
According to him, the military and police
guarding a checkpoint on the main road were
overpowered before they took the attack into
the town.
He added that the gunmen “blew up a police
station with rocket propelled grenades.”
Corroborating Galda’s report, another
resident, Awwalu Ibrahim said the terrorists
after entering the town razed the local
headquarters of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP).
Vanguard reports that the suspected
militants also robbed a bank, citing multiple
sources.
Although a video by the Boko Haram sect
has rubbished claims of a ceasefire deal with
the Federal Government, the government has
insisted the truce talks were still on course.
Bloodshed has continued unabated in
Nigeria’s north since the October 17
ceasefire announcement by the government.
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