Boko Haram attack cement factory in Gombe, steal vehicles

Boko Haram militants today raided a cement facility owned by French group Lafarge, stealing some vehicles. According to one Samail Adnan a resident of Ashaka town who spoke with AFP, the sect members arrived their town shouting and shooting sporadically

"The gunmen kept shouting 'Allahu Akbar' and firing guns haphazardly. They went into the cement factory and took away some vehicles,"

The militants who arrived the town around 7am through Bajoga, raided banks, burnt down a police station and some government buildings. The military was able to repel their attacks in Bajoga, pushing them to Ashaka where they gained entrance into the cement factory and stole some vehicles.