Pandemonium
yesterday enveloped Mubi, the commercial nerve centre of Adamawa
State, as Boko Haram attacked a military unit, police station, the
emir’s palace and prison in the city.
It was gathered that the
insurgents, in a swift attack, moved from Michika to Uba and finally
Mubi where they wreaked devastating havoc.
In the attack, the
Mubi Divisional Police Station, palace of the Emir of Mubi, Alhaji Isah
Ahmadu, a military unit in the city and the prisons were hit. No fewer
than 45 inmates of the prison were said to have escaped.
All
efforts to get the Army Public Relations Officer of the 23rd Armoured
Brigade, Yola, Captain Jaafaru Nuhu, failed, as his phones were not
reachable, as at the time of filing this report.
It was, however,
gathered that the military engaged the insurgents in a gun duel to
prevent them from attacking the country home of the Chief of Defence
Staff, Alex Badeh.
As at time of filing these reports, the number of casualties on both sides could not be ascertained.
Meanwhile,
Mubi residents are leaving the city in droves. Confirming this, a
prominent figure of Mubi Emirate Council, who pleaded anonymity, told
Daily Sun on phone that residents had been escaping to Cameroun through
the mountains as well as other routes.
In a related developemt,
anxiety has enveloped residents of Yola metropolis, with parents whose
wards are in the three tertiary institutions in Mubi, expressing fears
over their safety.
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