{"id":3824,"date":"2013-05-18T04:26:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T04:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/gunmen-attack-buharis-town\/"},"modified":"2013-05-18T04:26:41","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T04:26:41","slug":"gunmen-attack-buharis-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/gunmen-attack-buharis-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen attack Buhari\u2019s town"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Explosions and gunfire \u00a0rocked Daura, Katsina State hometown\u00a0 of former military ruler, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The mode of \u00a0attack bore the signature tune of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, which has recorded \u00a0huge losses in the\u00a0 96- hour-old\u00a0 military operation to flush it out of the Northeast.<\/p>\n

Three soldiers were confirmed dead in the attack.<\/p>\n

The sect is currently facing a massive setback\u00a0in its bases in Borno,Yobe and Adamawa states where\u00a0 the army, navy and air force \u00a0are on a mission to flush it out.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Maj.-Gen. Garba Wahab, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Nigerian Army, said \u00a0several of the invading gunmen were also killed.<\/p>\n

The gunmen attacked four banks in the border town, stealing a yet to be determined amount of money.<\/p>\n

They also set some police stations and prison ablaze.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Gen. Wahab said a vehicle loaded with the stolen cash was recovered, in addition to four AK-47 rifles.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He said the \u00a0army and other security personnel \u00a0cordoned off three areas in the city \u00a0soon after the attack\u00a0 and began \u00a0a house-to-house search \u201cto fish out some of the wounded gunmen who forced their way into peoples\u2019 homes\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u00a0He also said the army was liaising \u00a0with security agencies in Niger Republic as \u201c80 to 90 per cent of these gunmen are not Nigerians.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u00a0He said the operation to fish out the culprits was ongoing, and advised residents of Daura and the neighbouring local government areas of Baure, Sandamu, Mashi, and Dutsi to cooperate with security agents by reporting suspicious movements around them.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWhat happened this morning (yesterday) is similar to what happened in Bama where the gunmen burnt prison and police stations to divert attention,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u00a0At a separate press briefing in Abuja on the Daura attack, Director of Civil Military Affairs, Maj-Gen. Mobolaji Koleoso, \u00a0said\u00a0the gunmen\u00a0 wore fake army uniform.<\/p>\n

Five \u00a0members of the gang, according to him, died in the exchange of gunfire with soldiers from the 35 Battalion, Katsina.<\/p>\n

Gen. Koleoso said the soldiers \u00a0responded \u00a0swiftly to a distress call at 10 pm on Thursday after \u00a0the insurgents \u00a0stormed the town.<\/p>\n

He said two of the insurgents were gunned down by soldiers while three of them who were fleeing in a Volkswagen Gulf car were killed when the car crashed.<\/p>\n

Some of the gang members were also said to escape with varying degrees of gunshot injuries.<\/p>\n

The Army appealed to hospitals and health facilities nationwide to seek clearance from security agencies before treating patients with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n

This, the Army maintained, would prevent fleeing insurgents with gunshot wounds from being treated and getting away to cause more havoc to members of the public.<\/p>\n

Two soldiers were killed in the operation while another officer sustained gunshot wounds, the general added.<\/p>\n

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