Some\u00a0 gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram members,\u00a0 late friday night burnt down the home of mother-in-law to\u00a0\u00a0 the Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam.\u00a0 The house, located in the Ajari ward in Damaturu, was first attacked six months ago during which\u00a0 the occupants were robbed of their\u00a0 jewelleries.<\/p>\n
Police reports say the militants asked all the occupants of the house to leave the building before setting it on fire.<\/p>\n
No casualties have been reported on the attack.<\/p>\n
Police Commissioner Patrick Egbuniwe confirmed the incident, saying, the gun-wielding men stormed the house on Gashua Road and ordered all the occupants out before setting it ablaze.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201dWe got a report that the house of the mother- in-law of Governor Ibrahim Gaidam was burnt down by unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen they got\u00a0 to the house, everybody was asked to come of the house before they finally set it on fire. No life was lost.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtesy ChannelsTV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some\u00a0 gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram members,\u00a0 late friday night burnt down the home of mother-in-law to\u00a0\u00a0 the Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam.\u00a0 The house, located in the Ajari…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n