YOLA: Unknown Gunmen
Friday night laid complete
siege on Ganye,
headquarters of Ganye
Local Government in
Adamawa State, with heavy
casualties.
The gunmen said to be
numbering about thirty
overran the divisional police
station, the prison
headquarters and an old
generation bank, all located
some meters from each other.
Also attacked were
relaxation places, where the
heavy casualties were
recorded.
Eyewitness account told
vanguard in Yola that the
attackers first struck at
divisional police station which
was set ablaze
before proceeding to the
prisons where the inmates
were set free and
the building also set on fire.
The attack, according to the
eyewitness which took the
residents by
surprise began moment after
the last Muslim prayers, ISHA’I
where the
attackers were shouting
“ALLAH is Great, ALLAH is
Great, as the
marched round the town
unchallenged.
At the old generation bank,
the attackers were reported
to have used
dynamites to pull down parts
of the building before gaining
entrance
into the banking hall and the
strong room.
No confirmation yet of the
amount of money stolen from
the bank but
the eyewitness said the
amount runs into millions as
rappers of
various denominations
littered the entire premises
of the bank.
Almost all the Hotels and
other relaxation joints in the
town was set
ablaze and ransacked, even
as fun seekers ran helter
skelter for their
dear lives.
The eyewitness added that
most of the casualties were
recorded in the
relaxation centres as the
attackers opened fire
sporadically on people
seen to be patronizing the
drinking joints and their
owners.
Adamawa State Police
command has confirmed the
incident.
The command’s public
relations officer, PPRO
Mohammed Ibrahim (SP)
said already detachment of
Military and Police have been
dispatched to
the area.
Also, the comptroller of
Prisons incharge of Adamawa
State, Mr. Andrew
Barka equally confirmed the
ransacking of Ganye Prisons,
but failed to
give further details.
Ganye local government
council which shares common
border with the
Republic of Cameroon has
been vulnerable to attacks
by gunmen of
recent.
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God hav mercy, everyday sad news 4 naija, borno-kano-adamawa. R I P, t d dead.