Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday burnt a military base in Katarko village near Damaturu, the Yobe State capital during an attack.

Some residents disclosed the insurgents also set ablaze the Katarko Primary School and the healthcare clinic in the village after they were alleged to have looted drugs and food items from the facilities.

Adamu Ali, who lives close to the primary school, the healthcare facility and the military base, a triangular area of the operation told THE NATION his family was awaken by gunshots and petrol bombs.

He added the insurgents came to the village around 5.30am during Muslim prayers.

“It was such a very terrible way of waking up. The gunshots and the fire from the petrol bombs were scary but thank God we stayed in the house and we were not attacked except for the burning of the military base, the primary school and the clinic,” Adamu informed.

Katarko is about 25km east of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.

The police and military authorities have not issued any official statement on the attack.

Army spokesman, Sector 2 Operation Lafiya Dole, Lt. Kennedy Anyanwu, did not respond to enquiries by THE NATION.

Divine202:
Please What do these Boko Haram really want?

Divine202:
Please What do these Boko Haram really want?

Olobofife:
Bokoharam should kill the rookie soldiers all. They refused to assassinate the terrorist head.

Divine202:
Please What do these Boko Haram really want?

Tolexander:
you aren’t different from the Boko Haram, only that yours is online

CodeTemplar:
We know who is behind them already. They own expensive arms and ammunition yet claim poverty. They buy million naira guns like bread but claim to be poor. We know they are all political thugs.

Tetehjewels:

They know they did. They have never stopped too. This recent and crazy killing spree by so called bandits has their name written all over it. They feel that if APC could win Presidency because the nation was in security jeopardy they can also use the same technique to wrest power from APC.

As far as I am concerned they are responsible for all the mess currently happening because if memory serves me well in the leaked memo Atiku was given by his foreign consultant during the run up to the last presidential elections one of the options he was given which would enable him win was to create serious unrest in the nation and the recent increase in attacks and killings to me is a clear indicator to this as 2023 is fast approaching

hakeem4:
very evil people. They just want the end of western education and democracy.

They want to bring in their barbaric sharia laws into Nigeria

Divine202:
Please What do these Boko Haram really want?