at the very least 11 civilians were murdered when IS-aligned jihadists invaded a city in temperate Nigerian Yobe nation, a formal and residents told AFP on Saturday.

Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in eight trucks equipped with machine guns shook the city of Geidam as taxpayers were able to break their Ramadan fast on Friday, resulting in a gunfight with troops by the nearby base.

“We lost 1-1 people who are in the terrorist invasion as well as the gunmen remain from town,” Ali Kolo Kachalla,” Geidam political secretary, stated.

“Our folks are trapped within town and soldiers are prevented by departing,” Kachalla said by phone from their nation capital Damaturu.

The sufferers were murdered whenever a projectile struck two adjacent houses in the Samunaka area of this city throughout the fighting troops and the militants, residents said.

“A projectile dropped on the 2 houses, murdering all of the 1 1 occupants, six in 1 house and five against the opposite,” said resident Babagana Kyari.

Even the militants crushed telecom masts from town, save a couple from the cell carrier, which makes communications limited.

“The insurgents looted supply stores before putting them on fire,” said resident Ari Sanda, adding that the fighters captured a military vehicle and destroyed trucks.

Shortly as soon as they entered town on Friday, a fighter airplane set up and engaged the militants who penned one of the civilian people to prevent airborne attack, ” the sources said.

But on Saturday that the jihadists came out of hiding and were linked with their comrades who came at town in trucks, the residents said.

“They continue to be from town, they truly are planting trees, using some of these sleeping,” explained Kyari.

Regardless of assurances that they wouldn’t harm civilians, citizens stayed inside while a few strove to flee.

Troops have obstructed out the street of the town, preventing panicked occupants by departing, prompting a few to trek in the bush while some others chose ships on the flip hand the river to escape,” said residents.

“Our people wish to leave soldiers are preventing them chasing the insurgents outside, leaving our people in peril,” Kachalla stated.

Geidam, approximately 130 kms out of Damaturu, was raided by the jihadists, such as the military base where they murdered troops and carted weapons away.

Even the jihadist battle which started in ’09 has killed 36,000 homeless and people around 2 million out of their homes within the north east, as stated by the UN.