RESIDENTS ON THE RUN AS BOKO HARAM ATTACKS COMMUNITY

It was reliably gathered that, following the deadly development, groups of men, women and children were seeing hurriedly had dialogue with their legs, to escape to the Capital city of the State.

Penpushing also reports that, an account has it that, a 21 year old resident, Ahmed Ibrahim, was seen dragging two of his younger siblings, raising alarm that their village, Juddumri, was being attacked.

Hear him, “It started at about 6.30 p.m. when we began to hear heavy sounds of shooting coming from the bush area behind our community which is not far away from the Federal High Court. Initially we thought of running into our houses but soldiers guarding the parapets asked everyone to leave at once. That was why we had to leave en masse.”

Penpushing also gathered that,majority  of the fleeing residents said they would have to pass the night on the streets, despite the chilling harmattan, while it is recalled that the attacked location which is popularly known as Polo Area, has suffered repeated Boko Haram attacks in recent months.

However, as at the time of filing this report, it was learnt that number military and police trucks filled with armed personnel were seen driving at top speed towards the attacked location.