Boko-Haram Strike Again As Gunmen Bomb Police Station, Court, Bank In Jigawa

Bandits suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists on
Wednesday bombed a police station, a bank and a Sharia
Court, killing seven policemen and a civilian guard in
Gwaram Sabuwa, Gwaram Local Government Area of
Jigawa State.
Four other persons were also said to have been injured
during the incident which occurred between 1am and 2am.
The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 1, Mr.
Tambari Muhammed who was quoted by the News Agency
of Nigeria as putting the number of the attackers at 20,
described the incident as unfortunate.
He added that from the information made available to him,
the bandits who arrived in the community in motorcycles
and cars, used explosives to attack the police station, the
bank and the court.
Muhammed said that no arrest had been made but that
more armed policemen had been deployed in the village.
An online news portal Saharareporters, quoted residents
as saying that the gunmen bombed the police station in
Gwaram Sabuwa before shooting indiscriminately at
villagers.
It added that the residents said the gunmen “numbering
over 20” operated and left unhindered.
According to them, the gunmen threatened to come back if
they continued to enrol their children in schools, accept
polio vaccination and operate football viewing centres in
the town.