"I decided to stay in with my family amid the confusion because I thought it was the best thing to do at that time in order to avoid stray bullets. I started hearing gunshots and the sound of the bomb blast increased until I discovered that nearby churches were being attacked with heavy guns. I heard the first blast around the NNPC Mega Filling Station before those of the churches around 6:30pm.
HOW WE ESCAPED
WHAT I LOST
"When the heat of the fire became intense and I discovered that the people were still around, I told all of them to bear it until the roof started falling with fire. Everywhere was filled with smoke such that I could no longer see. But we remained like that hoping for a miracle. My instinct told me that they had left and I came out with my wife and children and other boys that worked with me. It is a miracle that we survived it. When we came out, we ran to a neighbour's compound and stayed there till 11:30pm before I called a friend and we ran into his house for the night.
"My little children have never seen such horror. It is not good for their age. I pray that such will not happen again."
He said he had lived in Damaturu for 19 years and considered the place his home hence he gave birth to all his children in Yobe.
"Now I have lost everything, but I thank God for the lives of members of my family."
WHAT THE GOVERMENT SHOULD DO
"Enough security arrangement should be put in place to allay people's fear, because the experience was a terrible one even for little children that know nothing."
Boko Haram should show mercy
"I don't think I have offended anybody to suffer this. I am appealing to Boko Haram consider the joy and happiness of living together as one."
He called on the government to bring the Boko Haram sect to a roundtable.
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