According to a statement by the Assistant Director Army Public Relations 23 Brigade Yola, Major Haruna Mohammed Sani, the terrorists besieged the town in about 7 Gun Trucks and a number of motorcycles setting some buildings ablaze and causing unrest within the community.
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí àtẹ̀jáde kan ti Igbákejì Olùdarí Alukoro Ikọ̀ Ọmọ-ogun Ẹgbẹ́-ológun 23 ti  Yola, Major Haruna Mohammed Sani, ṣe sọ, àwọn ikọ̀ ọlọ̀tẹ̀ náà wá sí àgbègbè ọ̀hún pẹ̀lú àwọn Ọkọ̀ Ìbọn ìjagun t’ó tó méje, pẹ̀lú àwọn oríṣiiríṣii ọkọ̀ alùpùpù, tí wọ́n sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ń tiná bọ àwọn ilé kọ̀ọ̀kan, tí ó fa ìbẹ̀rù-bojo ní àárín ìlú náà.