Police sources and residents of Bama said several houses around the
Police Divisional headquarters were torched in ensuing shootout between
the gunmen and security forces.
Hundreds of residents of Kasubula area of Bama, where the incident
took place have so far fled their homes and are currently taking refuge
in the surrounding bushes. The fighting was still going on as at 2:30
p.m. on Thursday.
A civil servant in Maiduguri, whose family live in Bama, said he
received distress call from his wife that their house has been torched.
“My wife just called to tell me that they were assisted to escape by
jumping the fence when my house was set on fire, and presently she and
my two daughters are with others in the bush,” said the traumatised
civil servant, Muhammed Ali.
A top security source who pleaded anonymity confirmed the attack.
More details soon…
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