Ebun Francis || The Boko Haram insurgent group on Monday night attacked Gulak, the local government headquarters of Magdali local government area of Adamawa State.
Ahmad Sajoh, the state commissioner for information while confirming the attack, however, said that military and the local vigilante group were battling the insurgent group in what he described as a ‘fierce battle’.
According to Sajoh, ”the vigilance group in the town and the hunters association are assisting the military in a bid to repel the attack and gunshots can be heard all over”
The Chairman of Madagali local government area, Alhaji Mohammed Yusuf while also confirming the attack, said the attack was very heavy and likely to result in the loss of lives.
According to Yusuf, tonight’s attack comes barely 24 hours after two male suicide bombers entered the home of a family in Tsilah village near Madagali and held a woman and her daughter hostage before detonating explosives strapped to their bodies killing both the woman and her baby in the process.