Boko Haram on Saturday attacked Gombe metropolis, the capital of Gombe State, North-East Nigeria in an attempt to take-over the town.
The insurgents launched an early morning attack on Hina and Dadin Kowa in Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area of the state but were repelled by the military.
They later launched another attack on nearby Zambuk but were again repelled.
At the time one of our correspondents filed this report on Saturday, a fierce battle was going on between the terrorists and men of the Nigerian Army at the 301 Artillery Regiment, Gombe, according to a resident who volunteered information anonymously.
Meanwhile, the sect has sent leaflets to residents in the state, on Saturday, threatening to bomb voters at polling booths in the forthcoming general elections.
The leaflet, which was written in Hausa, was signed by Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnah Lidda’ await Wal Jihad (loosely translated to mean People committed to the propagation of Sunnah and Jihad), also known as Boko Haram. The message, written in Hausa, read, “Anyone who submits himself to Islam should stay far away from the polling booth if he wants to live long, because we shall attack polling booths. Anyone who wants peace should stay away from helping security agents against us, and should stop waging war against us because we do not touch one unless he touches us.”
Source: PUNCH
