SOME gunmen killed two persons in Mubi on Sunday in an attack which left one person wounded. Mr Mark Idakwo, the Commissioner of Police in Adamawa, confirmed in Yola, on Monday, that two people were killed, while one was hospitalised following the attack in Sabon-Layi area of Mubi.

The police chief, who did not give details of the incident, nonetheless, urged the public to give information that could assist the police to track the yet-to-be-identified gunmen who perpetrated the act on Sallah day.

However, an eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that six gunmen descended on the area around 8 p.m. on Sunday and ordered everyone to lie down.

“They collected money and handsets from the people before shooting sporadically, as they retreated, hitting four people in the process,” he said.

The eyewitness, who preferred anonymity, said that the attack took place in front of the house of Alhaji Sahabo Jauro, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman in Mubi North Local Government Area.

“Most of those affected were visitors to the politician’s house”, he added.

NAN reported that apart from the incident, the Sallah celebration was generally peaceful in Mubi and other major towns across the state.

In another development, the police in Yobe, on Monday, said that a section of Damagum Primary School in Damagum Local Government Area was gutted by fire from suspected explosions in the area.

Mr Toyin Gbadegeshin, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, made the disclosure in an interview with NAN in Damagum.

He also said policemen on Monday repelled an attempted attack on Damagum Police Station by unknown persons.

Gbadegeshin said “at about 1.05 a.m., attempted attacks on Damagum police station and a worship centre were successfully repelled by the police but no casualty was recorded while the gunmen fled into the bush.”

He said the explosion occurred a few hours before the attempted attack on the station but nobody claimed responsibility.

The officer said no casualty was recorded in both incidents.

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written by emmanuelbfakorode, August 21, 2012

Is Mubi in Yobe State?

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