News arose that in spite of the presence of over 1,000 well
armed Nigerian soldiers in Mubi and its suburbs in Adamawa State, it
took just a handful of 30 Boko Haram terrorists to seize the commercial
city last October without firing a shot.
According to the ThisDay the development forms the fulcrum of the series of ongoing investigations and court martials by the military high command, which has accused the seize of Mubi and other towns in Adamawa and Borno States on sabotage by sympathetic army and some of their officials who rejected to fight the terrorists.
Army sources, who described what arose in several of the attacks by Boko Haram sect in the two states between September and October this year, disclosed that the militants would not have succeeded had the troops who were disposed in several of the towns and villages that were taken by the insurgents, defended the areas eagerly.
“Those soldiers refused to fight, despite being better armed than the insurgents and instead ran away when only 30 insurgents invaded Mubi and its environs and captured the area without firing a shot. Instead of telling the truth they lie on social media and politicians lie on their behalf that the federal government is not arming them to fight Boko Haram.
“When Mubi was deserted, more insurgents followed suit and raided several establishments, especially banks in the town. In the Diamond Bank branch alone, they carted away over N100 million.
“The terrorists also invaded deserted military formations in Mubi and Bama (Borno State) where they stole arms and armoured tanks that they could not even operate. As such, they have been soliciting for the assistance of retired army personnel to help them to operate the tanks,” an army source informed.
“Once we deployed more with civilian vigilante groups and local hunters in Adamawa, which enabled us to flush out the insurgents within a short period from Mubi and its environs.”
It should be noted that the Nigerian army had been trying to retake Mubi since the Islamists militants seized the commercial hub of Adamawa on 29 October, 2014. Troops at last recaptured the town only several weeks ago.
According to the ThisDay the development forms the fulcrum of the series of ongoing investigations and court martials by the military high command, which has accused the seize of Mubi and other towns in Adamawa and Borno States on sabotage by sympathetic army and some of their officials who rejected to fight the terrorists.
Army sources, who described what arose in several of the attacks by Boko Haram sect in the two states between September and October this year, disclosed that the militants would not have succeeded had the troops who were disposed in several of the towns and villages that were taken by the insurgents, defended the areas eagerly.
“Those soldiers refused to fight, despite being better armed than the insurgents and instead ran away when only 30 insurgents invaded Mubi and its environs and captured the area without firing a shot. Instead of telling the truth they lie on social media and politicians lie on their behalf that the federal government is not arming them to fight Boko Haram.
“When Mubi was deserted, more insurgents followed suit and raided several establishments, especially banks in the town. In the Diamond Bank branch alone, they carted away over N100 million.
“The terrorists also invaded deserted military formations in Mubi and Bama (Borno State) where they stole arms and armoured tanks that they could not even operate. As such, they have been soliciting for the assistance of retired army personnel to help them to operate the tanks,” an army source informed.
“Once we deployed more with civilian vigilante groups and local hunters in Adamawa, which enabled us to flush out the insurgents within a short period from Mubi and its environs.”
It should be noted that the Nigerian army had been trying to retake Mubi since the Islamists militants seized the commercial hub of Adamawa on 29 October, 2014. Troops at last recaptured the town only several weeks ago.
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