The Yobe state police commissioner, Marcus Danladi, after reports of an attack on the state capital, last night, has confimed that calmness has returned to the state.
“The insurgents have been repelled, and Damaturu is now calm,” Mr. Danladi said.
He however declined to provide any casualty figure, saying the police was still going round to ascertain casualty and damage to properties during crossfire.
There had been reports of explosions, forcing people to cringe in their homes.
A security official said soldiers engaged the insurgents on the fringes of the town even as they exchanged fire with another set of terrorists near Katarko village, some 20km away.
“As I have said earlier we are on top of the situation as far as this attack is concerned because our men have been fully mobilised to deal with such situation and presently we have already pushed them back towards Gujba road near one village called Katarko,” the official told PREMIUM TIMES close to midnight Friday.
A resident of Damaturu, who also provided update said, “We are happy that the shooting has gone down even though we still hear periodic sounds of gun shooting and detonation of explosives.”
The attack is the second on Damaturu in two months and was successfully repelled by the Nigerian security forces.
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