The dreaded Boko Haram insurgents on Friday attacked security formations in Damagun the headquarters of Fune Local Government Area of Yobe state, north-east Nigeria, witnesses have said.
Damagum is 73 kilometres away from Damaturu the Yobe state capital and 23KM away from Potiskum the commercial city of the state along the Kano-Maiduguri highway.
Residents told Channels Television that the insurgents came to the town around 6PM and engaged security forces.
Witnesses also said the insurgents attacked the military unit command in Damagun, the Divisional Police Station of the area as well as the police barracks and the official residence of the local government chairman, burning all the structures therein.
They said the security operatives on ground stood firm in repelling the attack, as the insurgents, who came in large numbers in Hilux vehicles and motorcycles, later retreated to a suburb of the town chanting war songs.
Confirming the incident, the chairman of Fune Local Government Area, Mr Digma Gana, said that no life either on the side of the security forces, the residents or the insurgents was lost.
He also revealed that the Local Government Education Department (LGED) and the office of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) were set ablaze by the hoodlums.
The Chairman also said two Toyota Hilux vehicles belonging to the Council Area, the old Government Lodge and the Guest House of the Emir of Fune were burnt during the attack.
Mr Gana further said that three shops were burgled by the insurgents and several foodstuffs, beverages, drugs belonging to marketers in the town were catered away.
He praised the gallantry of the security operatives “who stood firm in repelling the attack”.
