GUNMEN suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists, in the early hours of Sunday, July 28, attacked Jakana Police station in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State.
The assault, according to a Daily Trust report, resulted in the deaths of a policeman and a woman, while the attackers also made off with arms and ammunition.
Jakana, located along the Damaturu-Maiduguri Expressway, is about 45 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Citing security sources, the report noted that the insurgents also set ablaze two patrol vehicles and a motorcycle.
It indicated that the attackers, who caught the security operatives off guard, arrived at the police station around 1:00 a.m. and engaged in a gunfight with the officers until 3:00 a.m.
“They overpowered them and gained access to the police station, looted arms and ammunition and destroyed two patrol vehicles.
“One of the vehicles belongs to the police and the other for the members of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF)” a source told the newspaper.
Also, confirming the attack, the chairman of the Konduga Local government, Abbas Ali Abari, promised to provide more details on the incident.
Meanwhile, The ICIR’s efforts to get more information about the incident from the Police Public Relations Officer, Borno State command, Nahun Kenneth, proved abortive as he did not respond to phone calls and text messages sent to his line.
This attack was coming about a month after a female suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a wedding ceremony on Saturday, June 29, in Tashan Mararaba, Gwoza town, in the state, killing at least six persons and injuring others.
Security analyst, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a post on his X handle.
He said the bomber, who was later identified as a young lady in her early twenties, detonated the explosive device in the middle of the gathering, causing confusion and devastation.
Makama added that intelligence sources told him that the victims, all civilians, were returning from a wedding when the attack occurred near a busy motor park.
The Boko Haram insurgents have wreaked havoc on infrastructures and businesses, disrupting education, health, and power supply, among others, especially in Northern Nigeria.
The group has been joined by the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) to terrorise the nation.
Terrorism in Nigeria mostly affected Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states between 2009 and 2018.
Usman Mustapha is a solution journalist with International Centre for Investigative Reporting. You can easily reach him via: [email protected]. He tweets @UsmanMustapha_M