Explosion and sporadic gunshots rocked the quiet town of Daura, Katsina state, home town of opposition leader, Muhammadu Buhari Thursday night.
The attack started about 10 p.m. and was still ongoing one hour later. Witnesses say the attackers brought down a police station and robbed banks and homes.
It is unclear if the attackers are members of the extremist Boko Haram sect that has been terrorizing northern Nigeria since 2009.
The attack comes barely 48 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three northern states — Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
Katsina, also home to late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, under whose watch the Boko Haram sect transformed to a terror organization, has managed to remain insulated from the security crises in northern Nigeria.
The police in Katsina were unreadable for comments Thursday night.

Ogbonaikenna: I smell civil war

Yomii:

Ogbonaikenna: I smell civil war

I.Joan:
naija just dey turn pakistan for our very eye

Ogbonaikenna: I smell civil war

Neo-XVI:
I smell payback for CPC's approval of SOE. Maybe the muslims shielding these folks will finally see that they are pure evil..... someday

On another note, I guess those who said the SOE would only expand the battlefield for these guys (as they will begin to venture inland) are being vindicated. GEJ should have just quietly deployed soldiers and the airforce to secure the borders to prevent arms smuggling while systematically wiping off their leaders. All this gra gra open aggression may be counter productive in the end.

integrobreed: pliz u ppl shud pray 4 me. am a corp member servin here in daura. d heat is on. so much shootings..

integrobreed: pliz u ppl shud pray 4 me. am a corp member servin here in daura. d heat is on. so much shootings..

integrobreed: God pliz save us. carin nigerians pliz pray 4 us. gunshots! explosns, bullets ar flyin in d air. we ar nt sure wat is hapnin bt we ar suspectin its boko haram. one of my studnts came n told me d police statn is on fire. its nt safe 4 me 2 run so i'm hiding smwhre in d sch i'm teachin here in daura.

mbhs139:

Nigerians and our double standard. In fact, I have quietly copied the link to the former thread where everyone was lambasting ACN Lai Muhammed for faulting GEJ's action on SoE thing. don't worry, time will tell. I think with this SoE thing, we ought to see the end of BH within the next six months, otherwise, I think SoE, particularly without total control by the military by removing the DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS (THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL MEANS) is a failure.

payless:


You should not be in the North. It is just not safe for southerners.