A joint operation of the military and Mobile
Police units known as ‘Operation Guerilla’
yesterday failed in their attempt to recapture
Mubi – the home town of the Chief of
Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh.
– from the grip of Boko Haram
Members of the joint operation, who
departed Yola, the state capital in high
spirits, are camped at Pakka near Maiha but
have been unable to dislodge the insurgents
three days after arriving Pakka, which is
about 7 kilometres from Mubi.
Soldiers are also said to be camped at
Mararaba, about 6 kilometres from Mubi, and
are making frantic efforts to gain access into
the insurgents’ hideout with a view to
dislodging them.
The troops, led by a general, were said to
have moved to Pella, about 80 kilometres
from Mubi, to join forces with Operation
Guerilla to flush out the insurgents, who
have renamed the town as ‘Madinatul
Islam’ (meaning the City of Islam).
A resident of Mararaba, Miss Phebe James,
said: “There is the presence of stern and
heavily armed soldiers manning the roads
leading to Vimtim, Mubi and Michika towns,
which are under the control of Boko Haram
insurgents”.
Meanwhile, most primary and secondary
schools in Yola have been shut down
indefinitely over fears of possible attack by
the sect.
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