Boko Haram takes over Bara in Yobe
Bauchi, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014Boko Haram insurgents have captured another territory in Yobe State on Wednesday after engaging in a fierce battle over Bama, a town not far from Maiduguri in Borno State.
Reuters reported that the newly captured town was taken over by the Islamist fighters without any resistance, with witnesses saying that the town has no Nigerian troops guarding it.
“They went preaching in the whole town asking people to leave government work and join them to do the work of Allah,” Musa Abdullahi, a trader who escaped from the town of Bara said.
Meanwhile, the insurgents have killed two policemen after an attack on Toro Local Government Area in Bauchi State.
The police officers were reportedly shot and killed and their guns stolen by the attackers at a mining station in Magama Gumau.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mohammed Haruna, said he was aware of the killings but had not been officially briefed.
-Punch
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