Browsing: Yobe State

The doctors, whose nationalities could not be authoritatively confirmed as at press time, were beheaded in Potiskum, where they work in the state’s General Hospital and then travel around to other state-owned hospitals

Though no group has claimed responsibility for the attack as at press time, it bore the imprint of dreaded sect, Boko Haram

While five of the Igbo technicians – welders – were killed in Gaidam, Yobe State, one – a fridge repairer – was killed in Maiduguri, Borno State

The Commissioner, Yobe State Police Command, Patrick Egbuniwe, confirmed the killing.
Egbuniwe, however, said as at press time details of the shooting and killing were still sketchy

The killing was confirmed by the spokesman of the Joint Task Force in Yobe State, Lieutenant Eli Lazarus

The legs of a young boy was said to have been blown off by the bombs

This followed days of attacks on the city by members of Boko Haram, which has left no fewer than 30 persons dead