BREAKING: Residents flee as Damaturu comes under Boko Haram attack

There are reports of sporadic gunshots in Damaturu, Yobe
State.
It is not clear what the details of the situation are but
many believe members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect are
making a move to take over the state capital after
overrunning Mubi, another town in the North east state.
According to Jonathan Gopep, a Channels TV
correspondent in Damaturu, the attack started some
minutes before 6am on Monday morning.
He said, “Many people are running helter-skelter. I would
be honest with you; the military are here but they are being
professional… careful not to harm civilians.”
We are yet to get an official confirmation of the said siege.
The call by the Federal Government for an extension of
Emergency Rule in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa has met
with stiff opposition in the National Assembly but
deliberations are still ongoing to find a lasting solution to the
lingering impasse.