Members of the Boko Haram terror group on Saturday, May 10, 2014 blew up a bridge linking Borno and Adamawa states during an attack on Limankara, a village in Borno State, security operatives have said.
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Madagali is a border town on Borno located in Adamawa. The bridge bombed also leads to the Sambisa forest where the abducted Chibok schoolgirls are being held.
The terrorists in their attack also abducted the family of a police officer, including his wife and two children; before virtually destroying the village.
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According to council officials in Madagali Local Government Area, the incident caused over 3, 000 persons to flee to neighboring communities.
The police spokesperson for Adamawa, Othman Abubakar, who said he is yet to be briefed on the attack, explained that Limankara police station was not within the Adamawa police jurisdiction, but within Borno.
According to a resident, the gunmen came with heavy arms and engaged the few soldiers in a shoot-out for hours, leading to casualty on both sides.
Many structures were burnt down in the attack.
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