A few days after killing four policemen in Gajiram town in Nganzai local government area of Borno State suspected Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have again killed a police inspector and two others in Kukareta community, in Damaturu local government area of Yobe State.
Sources in the Lake Chad, according to a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst, Zagazola Makama, said the attack occurred around 3a.m on Sunday, February 4, 2024, when troops of 233 Battalion on the outskirts of Kukareta village along Damaturu-Maiduguri Road, came under attack by the ISWAP terrorists.
The sources said the terrorists who came on foot, hid themselves behind some stray cattle crossing the highway to gain access into the camp.
“The troops engaged them in a heavy gunbattle, which forced them to retreat. Unfortunately, a police inspector was hit by a stray bullet before they fled into Kukareta village.
“ While fleeing through the village, they decided to attack the home of the district head. They knocked on his door, but on sensing danger, the district head escaped with his wife through the back door.
The terrorists later gained access into the house and killed two people and also burnt the district head’s vehicle as well as carted away another vehicle belonging to the vigilante,” the sources said.
According to another intelligence source, the vehicle of the Commander Sector 2 North-East Joint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai while on an assessment visit to the scene stepped on the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) which exploded damaging the commander’s vehicle and injuring the driver on his leg, while the commander and his radio operator were unhurt.
