In Maiduguri, the group threw a bomb at soldiers who are
members of the Joint Police/Army Task Force, enforcing security in the troubled city. Four soldiers were injured in the explosion that followed.
The explosion took place at the mini super market at Abbaganaram ward opposite the state low cost housing estate. The soldiers were on patrol when they came under attack.
The Commander of the Military Task Force, "Operation Restore Order" Gen. Jack Nwagbo, said: "One of the patrol teams was targeted this morning (yesterday) by hoodlums around the new prison in Maiduguri. Three soldiers were injured and there was no civilian casualty."
An army spokesman who said four soldiers were indeed injured, said last night that one of the soldiers was in critical condition.
He said soldiers had started interrogating 50 people that were arrested in the area which they cordoned off.
The interrogation will determine if they were involved in the attack on fhe patrol team, he said.
"We have arrested one of the perpetrators. My men are in the process of cordoning off the entire area as part of the initiatives to contain the activities of the hoodlums."
On Tuesday in Unguwar Kur Jahun ward in Bauchi, guns boomed as police raided a Boko Haram hideout.
Residents of Tanshi Police Division, Danjuma Goje Street, Federal Low Cost Housing Estate and Games Village were shaken by the action.
Boko Haram members sacked the Toro Divisional Police Station. The five policemen on duty escaped unhurt. The fundamentalists seized the armoury and hauled away guns and ammunition.
An official of Toro local government council who pleaded for anonymity for security reasons, said six gun-wielding Boko Haram men stormed the station a few minutes after 8 pm and started shooting sporadically into the air to scare away people.
Policemen at the station, students of nearby Toro Teacher's College and members of the public ran for safety.
"After the policemen ran away, the gunmen entered the empty station, and took away the arms," the official said.
A suspect, who was arrested earlier in the day for allegedly stealing a goat, was set free by the invaders.
It was gathered that before leaving the police station, the attackers dropped a bag suspected to contain explosives between the police station and the Toro Local Government secretariat.
No casualty was recorded during the operation but hoodlums took advantage of the pandemonium to break into shops and other business houses, unchallenged.
Bauchi police spokesman Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mohammed Barau declined comments.
The Toro raid is the second by Boko Haram on police stations outside Bauchi, the state capital. The sect launched its first attack on police in Bauchi on July 27, 2009.
Christian and Muslim clerics have urged their followers to fast and pray to God to touch the hearts of the fundamentalists.
Source:
Nation
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