Insurgency: Mubi Town Recaptured & Boko Haram Leader Arrested

Leader of Boko Haram militants, Amir, has been arrested in Mubi, Adamawa State, by a combined force of the military and local hunters. A British Broadcasting Corportion (BBC) Hausa report said Amir was overpowered during an encounter and had since been taken to an unknown destination in Adamawa State. An eyewitness who spoke to BBC said Amir, a light skinned man with beard, was bundled and tied with a rope, while his disciples fled. “Amir was not talking, he looked sad and angry,” said the witness.

Meanwhile, reports coming from the state indicated that local militia in Adamawa State have driven the Boko Haram militants out of Mubi, nearly two weeks after the town fell to the terrorists. The state governor and residents, on Thursday, confirmed the latest development.

“Some of them (Boko Haram) ran away through Askira Uba and others through Mubi South and the situation in Mubi now is quite different from what it used to be,” a source disclosed.

A spokesperson to Governor Bala Ngilari reveal that Mubi is now quite different from what it used to be. He said local vigilante, popularly called Civilian JTF, launched a night time attack on Boko Haram terrorists in Mubi and drove them out, and that the operation by the vigilante received some support from the military.

The state coordinator of Civilian JTF, Bako Goni, said over 2,000 people, including youth vigilantes, local hunters, retired military, police and para-military operatives, artisans and petty traders had signed up to confront Boko Haram insurgents in the state.