Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have killed many people in Garkida, a town in Gombi local government area of Adamawa state, according to residents.
A source told TheCable that the insurgents broke into the town around 7pm on Friday, shooting sporadically.
Soldiers who were said to have engaged them in a gun battle later pulled back for reinforcement.
After the security operatives beat a retreat, the insurgents were said to have moved into the town fully, setting many houses on fire.
“Garkida is currently on fire… many people have been killed and their houses covered with smoke,” TheCable quoted the source as saying at the time of filing the report.
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The source said having wreaked havoc on Garkida, the insurgents are advancing to neighboring towns.
Another source corroborated his account but said the military have returned to the town.
“People ran to hide inside the mountains while they watched their houses being burnt by the insurgents,” another resident said.
A former chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Adamawa, who is a native of Garkida, said he got the information that Boko Haram fighters overpowered soldiers in the town.