Boko Haram fighters have reportedly abducted three officers of the Nigeria Customs Services in Geidam, Yobe State near the Nigerian border with Niger Republic.
The jihadists drove into the town through the Geidam-Maine-Sorowa road and took the officers who were on duty, security sources told Premium Times.
The officers were reportedly posted from the Bauchi zonal command.
“What happened is very unfortunate because some of our personnel got the information of the attack and left the area but those three officers we learnt did not get the information early,” the source who asked not to be named said.
“By the time they were trying to leave, the insurgents had closed in on them and took them away.”
Yobe police spokesperson Dungus Abdulkarim confirmed the Tuesday attack on Geidam, adding that the jihadists burnt an ambulance of the General Hospital, Geidam, and looted a shop.
Customs spokesman could not be reached for comments, the online newspaper said.
