Boko Haram terrorists attack military base, community in Yobe

Members of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram, have launched an attack on a military base in Sasawa town of Yobe State.
The terrorists equally attacked the town after overrunning the military base.
According to a report by Channels Television, Sasawa is an agrarian community in Damaturu Local Government Area and is located 27km north of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
Channels Television said it was told by eyewitnesses that the terrorists came to the town in five pickup vans around 6pm on Sunday and launched an attack on the military base before a coordinated attack on the town.
The source informed that after over powering the security operatives in the town, the insurgents went on burning houses and destroying facilities.
The state Commissioner of Police, Sumonu Abdulmaliki, confirmed the development.
Abdulmalik, according to Channels Television, said he could not give further details, adding: “The town has no any means of communication at the moment and I don’t have any details of the current situation.
“All I can confirm to you is that Sasawa came under attack yesterday by the insurgents but there is no further details for now.”
This incident came barely four weeks after the insurgents attacked a military formation in Buniyadi, the headquarters of Gujba Local Government Area of the state.
A resident of Sasawa, who pleaded anonymity, informed Channels Television that security forces have since mobilized and were after the insurgents who are well known to be operating in the suburb of the community.
The resident said: “We have been seeing these people in our bushes as we go out to farm and we have been informing security forces located in our community, but to our greatest dismay, they could not go after them.
“Since securities (agents) are aware of their whereabouts, it is expected that the insurgents should be confronted in their hideouts rather than allowing them to attack our community any time they so wish.”
The source claimed that a security personnel and a civilian JTF were killed during the attack, which lasted for over four hours.