Heavily armed men suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents are reported to have invaded the Gaidam Local Government area of Yobe state on Wednesday, burning down the Technical College.
According to Vanguard, the invasion which claimed, among many casualties, the life of a twin brother while the other is critically injured, allegedly happed at about 9:00pm on Wednesday.
The injured brother is still responding to treatment at an undisclosed hospital.
Residents claim the invaders entered the town silently on foot from different directions and caused bloodshed after setting ablaze the Technical college.
Gaidam is the home town of the immediate past governor, now Senator Ibrahim Geidam located north of Yobe state.
Confirming the incident, Executive Chairman of Geidam, Hon Ali Kolo who spoke on the phone said he was informed of the sad incident.
Kolo who is currently in Saudi Arabia for the lesser hajj confirmed that the Boko Haram insurgents killed and also invaded some parts of the council destroying properties worth millions of naira.
He added that it is unfortunate for him to have received a distress call on the renewed attack, adding that details on casualties are still sketchy.
He said: “Based on the information at my disposal, Boko Haram has so far killed, invaded Gaidam and razed down some structures including Technical College when I am in Saudi Arabia for the lesser hajj.
“I also gathered that twin brother were among victims of the casualty.”
Kolo told the reporters that he is already making frantic efforts to get in touch with relevant security agencies.
According to him, there is no concrete evidence as to whether the attack has been repelled as insinuated.
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