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General News of Saturday, 24 April 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Boko Haram attacks new IGP’s hometown

Boko Haram fighters and Newly appointed IGP Boko Haram fighters and Newly appointed IGP

Reports indicate that Boko Haram has again attacked Geidam, a town in North-East Yobe State.

According to security sources said the insurgents stormed the town on Friday evening, April 23, 2021, in about eight gun trucks.

At the sight of the insurgents at a public primary school in the town, the military troops engaged them in a gun battle.

Sources identified the insurgents as members of the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP), a group with affiliation to Boko Haram.

it was reported that the insurgents arrived Geidam at about 5:25pm from Damasak area, the border town attacked by the group recently.