Boko Haram fighters
are currently attacking residents of Dapchi, the Yobe town where more than 100
schoolgirls were abducted on February 19, 2018.
A security source
disclosed this, saying the insurgents have burnt the houses of some
residents who fled the town.
“They came in many
vehicles and are patrolling the town as I speak to you,” the source said over
the phone.
Another source revealed that many residents are taking refuge inside the bush.
Anka Aliyu, a
resident of Damaturu, the state capital, said mobile lines to Dapchi have been
unreachable since reports of Boko Haram fighters storming the town this
evening.
A soldier, who
preferred anonymity disclosed that for some months now, villages around
Dapchi have been alerting security agencies about the movement of Boko Haram
fighters.
“They have been
complaining about the movement of the terrorists who they said go about
sometimes in the evening or early in the morning,” the soldier said.
Commuters from
northern parts of Yobe to Damaturu have reportedly been forced to abandon the
Dapchi-Damaturu road because of escalating attacks by Boko Haram.
People travelling to
Damaturu from six local government areas now go through Potiskum, a longer route.
Dapchi, headquarters
of Busari local government area of Yobe, came under spotlight at the time of
the abduction of the students of Government Government Girls’ Science and
Technical College (GGSTC).
The insurgents had
returned all but five of the students who died in captivity and Leah Sharibu,
who was said to have been denied freedom for refusing to renounce her Christian
fate.
Sharibu has still
not been released till date.
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