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Some gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents today attacked Katarko community in Gujba Local Government Council of Yobe State.
The insurgents also burnt down a primary school and a healthcare centre located in the community.
According to Channels Television, the gunmen stormed the community at about 5:30 am when they were going to the mosque for prayers.
Katarko is about 25 kilometres east of Damaturu, the state capital.
The burnt primary school was renovated by Victim Support Fund a few years ago after the insurgents first burnt it down in 2013.
Unconfirmed reports indicated that an NGO had stored food items in the school for distribution but the insurgents got the information and decided to attack the school and loot the items.
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Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents in the early hours of Tuesday burnt down a ‘military base’, school and health facility in Katarko village in Gujba Local Government Area of
Katarko is about 25 kilometres east of Damaturu, the state capital.
The burnt primary school was renovated by Victim Support Fund a few years ago after the insurgents first burnt it down in 2013.
Unconfirmed reports indicated that an NGO had stored food items in the school for distribution but the insurgents got the information and decided to attack the school and loot the items.
Villagers said the gunmen also invaded the primary healthcare centre in the village and set the facility ablaze after looting its drugs store.
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By Seriki Adinoyi
The Victim Support Fund (VSF), a T Y Danjuma taskforce on COVID-19, yesterday commenced the third phase handover of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project in Plateau State at the Government Secondary School, Federe in Jos East Local Government Area of the state.
The Fund, led by Mrs. Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, was received by the state Governor, Simon Lalong, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Professor Danladi Atu, where he specially thanked the group for it contributions to the fight against COVID-19.
Lalong said: “It was a difficult decision to arrive at-sending our kids back to school despite the rising figures of people that have contracted the virus-but VSF came through for us by providing these facilities for our schools. We say thank you.”