By ZAGAZOLA MAKAMA

Gunmen suspected to be ISWAP insurgents have carried out coordinated attacks on Ja Jibiri and Ladu villages in Yobe State, injuring a village head, abducting a driver, and looting a health facility.

Zagazola Makama learnt that the attacks occurred at about 12:20 a.m. on Dec. 27, 2025. The village head of Ja Jibiri, Lawan Hassan, 45, was shot on the left shoulder during the raid.

The sources said the assailants proceeded to Ladu village, where they abducted Madu Kura, a 40-year-old driver of a Toyota Hilux, and broke into the Primary Health Care Medical Centre, looting medical consumables and other valuables. They also carted away a Golf motor car.

Hassan was rushed to Geidam Hospital for medical attention. Security personnel in the area remain on high alert, while monitoring and efforts to track the insurgents continue. (Zagazola)