Hundreds of Boko Haram Islamists on Saturday invaded the restive northeast Nigerian city of Gombe, firing heavy guns and throwing leaflets calling on residents to boycott the forthcoming general elections, locals told AFP.

The Boko Haram gunmen are now at the Jeka-da-Fari roundabout in the centre of the city, firing indiscriminately and throwing pamphlets calling on people not to participate in the elections,” resident Ali Dahiru said.

Other witnesses said the extremists stormed the city around 9:00 am and advanced without any resistance from the security forces.

A Nigerian fighter jet encircled the city but made no attempt to attack the insurgents, said witness Kabiru Na-Gwandu.

He said the residents had been warned to evacuate Gombe, which has been attacked by the insurgents previously.

“I received calls from friends in Kwadam, which is five kilometres away, warning me to leave because Boko Haram were on their way,” said Na-Gwandu, who lives near the military base in the city.

“I evacuated my house along with my family before they arrived the city and I’m happy that I did because from information I’m receiving they have taken over the military barracks,” he said.

The Boko Haram fighters appealed to residents to boycott the elections which had originally been planned to take place on Saturday before they were postponed until March 28.

Gombe has been repeatedly hit by suicide attacks and other bombings blamed on the Islamists in the six-year insurgency in Nigeria’s northeast.

Two weeks ago, two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a stadium, just minutes after President Goodluck Jonathan had left the venue where he had given a campaign speech. Many people were injured.

In February 2012, Boko Haram launched its first offensive on the city, killing 14 people in a bomb attack on a police station. Soldiers repelled another attack on a nearby prison.
AFP

http://africanspotlight.com/2015/02/14/boko-haram-invades-gombe-asks-residents-boycott-elections/

Picture of the liflets or

Did AFP confirm that "Bokoharam has taken over the Army Barrack?

Is this their wish or the actual Newsline?

gen2briz:
Picture of the liflets or

it's written in hausa , don't ask me to interpret

Interesting.......

CircleOfWilis:
it's written in hausa , don't ask me to interpret

Here is the translation....





1. We are warning every person that wish to survive and identifies with Islam to steer away from polling stations as we are poised to attack such areas.

2. People should also desist from aiding law enforcement agencies against us. We don't attack anybody so long you don't attack us.

3. We are also calling you to 'jihad' in response to the divine service.

When we say "Boko Haram" Is a "False flag" operation by the federal government,some people will start to abuse instead of using their brain to analyse the trend of the bokoharam operations so far. Before this Gombe attack,all the check points were cleared and while the operations was on,a Nigeria fighter jet was cycling and could not attack the insurgents. My questions, who is responsible for giving orders to military personnel to always vacate check points before insurgents carry out their operations, its clear that this can be liken to the voice of esau and the hands of Jacobs