Credit: Yobestate.gov.ng
Armed bandits, suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have burnt a school and a health facility in Katarko village, near Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
Katarko village is estimated to be about 25km from Damaturu.
Affected facilities include the Katarko Primary School and the primary healthcare clinic in the village.
The insurgents are believed to have first emptied the clinic of drugs and food items before setting it ablaze.
Residents reported that they were woken up by gunshots and sounds of explosions about 5.30 am while Muslim prayers were ongoing.
There were no reports of the bandits entering any individual home while the attack lasted.
Efforts to obtain official information from the Army had not materialised as of the time of filing this report.
