BOKO HARAM ABANDONS 5 ARMORED VEHICLES IN MUBI November 16, 2014 By: admin The Nigerian Hunters Association and backed by men of the Nigerian Security agencies have taken over Maiha and Mubi Local Government Areas of Adamawa State from the Boko Haram insurgents. Reports from the areas say no sooner had the hunters revealed their heads in Maiha when the Boko Haram fighters took to their heels.On Thursday, there was jubilation in Mubi when the hunters stormed the second largest town in the state and the insurgents scampered in different directions in their bid to escape the wrath of the law. It was gathered that at Maiha, about 80 of the insurgents were killed while no figures have yet to be made available to our correspondent.However, five Armoured Vehicles are said to have been recovered at Mubi following their abandonment by the insurgents.A top government official at the Government House Yola who preferred not to be named said all things being equal, the grip by the insurgents on some local government councils in the state may soon come to an end.The official disclosed further that the mop up of areas recovered from the insurgents would however continue until every Haram members is flushed out and sanity restored.One the role of the Army, the official disclosed that they have done their best including members of the Joint Task force adding that, “people should not run away from the abode but should fight back and cooperate with security agencies”.It would be recalled that shortly after taking over of Mubi without resistance from security agencies, the insurgents embarked on raping spree including an octogenarian while married women were forced into marrying sect members. Adamawa state had lost other local government areas including Madagali, Michika while several towns and villages were dominated by the sect members.The sect members are known to have summarily executed laws that have terrified people including amputating about ten youths for alleged theft.Mubi was renamed by the dreaded Islamic Sect to as Madinatu Islam meaning “City of Islam”.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:23:34 +0000
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