Schools shut in Adamawa as moves to free Mubi suffer setback A - TopicsExpress



          

Schools shut in Adamawa as moves to free Mubi suffer setback A joint operation of the military and Mobile Police units known as Operation Guerilla yesterday failed in their bid to recapture Mubi, the home town of the Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Sabundo Bade, from the grip of Boko Haram Members of the joint operation, who departed Yola in high spirits are camped at Pakka near Maiha but have been unable to overrun the sect 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. 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. In the mean time, most primary and secondary schools in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State have been shut down indefinitely over fears of possible attack by the sect. Fears in the city were heightened by an attack on Ashaka Cement where the insurgents were alleged to have carted away large dynamites and explosive devices.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:28:30 +0000

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