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Insurgents strengthen hold on Gulak, annexes more towns The insurgents who took over Gulak, headquarters of Madagali LGA on Friday, have consolidated their hold by also annexing Kirchinga and Duhu Shuwa towns which shares borders with Gulak. The acting governor of Adamawa State is from Kirchinga town, while the former political adviser to President Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, is also from the LGA. The Adamawa State government has even confirmed the annexation of Gulak by Boko Haram insurgents, saying that they had killed and displaced scores of people. In a press statement signed by the secretary to the Adamawa State government, Professor Abdullahi Liman Tukur, the state government said: “It has come to the attention of the Adamawa State government that insurgents are now in Gulak, the headquarters of Madagali local government area, and have killed and displaced scores of people.” The statement continued: “On behalf of the people and government of Adamawa State, His Excellency deeply sympathizes with the people of Gulak in Madagali local government, and other surrounding villages and towns whose areas have been overrun by insurgents. “The concomitant effects of the insurgency like displacement of whole villages and towns create multitudes of internally displaced persons whose management and welfare the government is left to bear. Fleeing residents said Nigerian troops from, who were drawn from the Special Operation Battalion and the 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army in Jos, fled alongside the residents as the insurgents annexed the town without any form of resistance. A source from the area alleged that the insurgents have converted residences of very influential citizens from the area including that of the acting governor and the former special adviser on political matters to President Jonathan, Alhaji Ahmad Ali Gulak, as their operational bases. A source told this reporter that the insurgents were in control of everywhere, as both soldiers and residents of the towns have deserted them.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 06:02:35 +0000

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