Soldiers on Sunday repelled an attack by
gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko
Haram on Gombi Town of Adamawa State,
residents have said.
The casualty from the attack is yet to be
ascertained.
“The men came in from Zangula Village through
the road by the side of Government Girls College
at about 5:30 p.m. in a motorcade and started
shooting,” a resident, Gambo Mohammed, told
PREMIUM TIMES.
Mr. Mohammed said many residents ran and
hid themselves as the shooting continued for
over two hours.
PREMIUM TIMES, however, learnt that soldiers
confronted the gunmen in a shootout and chased
them from the village.
“We are not safe here even though some people
said on phone that the army is chasing them,”
another resident, Grace Likiah, said on the
telephone.
The acting chairman of the council,
Japhart Kefas, also confirmed that the soldiers
confronted the gunmen.
“The insurgents were in my council
headquarters and am in Yola, so l cannot say
much about it,” he said “But report reaching me
says that the army is chasing them and has
taken over all the route into and out of Gombi”
The military was yet to release a statement on
the attack as at the time of this report.
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