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  • Boko Haram kills three in Adamawa attacks

    •‘Elections will hold in Madagali, despite Boko Haram attack’

    Boko Haram insurgents have killed three persons in attacks on three communities in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State on Monday night.

    They reportedly dislodged policemen on routine duty and wreaked havoc on the town.

    A security officer, who spoke in confidence last night, said the insurgents killed three people, destroyed 20 shops and three cars and stole valuables.

    The security officer named the affected communities as Shuwa, Kirshingari and Shuari.

    This latest attack confirmed fears over the security situation in Madagali, the only local government area in Adamawa State where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said voting would take place among the three communities, including Shuwa.

    Residents said the insurgents, who arrived in several vehicles about 7 p.m on Monday, took over Madagali until soldiers from Gulak and Michika engaged them in a battle that lasted about two hours.

    The Commander of 28 Task Force Battalion in Mubi, Lt.-Col. Haruna said the insurgents had been repelled.

    Police spokesman Othman Abubakar, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), assured the residents that a combined team of security agencies brought the situation under control.

    Madagali is one of the seven local government areas of Adamawa State that Boko Haram once seized.

    Also, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said elections will hold in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State, despite Monday’s attack by Boko Haram insurgents on three communities in the local government.

    Military and police spokesmen confirmed the attack yesterday.

    An unofficial police intelligence source said three people were killed by the insurgents, who the source said also destroyed 20 shops and stole valuables from the residents.

    The latest attack on Madagali raised doubt about the conduct of the forthcoming elections which INEC said would take place in only three communities in the local government, following security advice.

    In its latest policy statement on the development, INEC said it would not be deterred by Monday night’s attack from conducting elections in the area.

    The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Kasim Gaidam said: “INEC and the good people of Madagali and the entire Adamawa State have resolved to ensure election is conducted in Madagali. No amount of threats, intimidation and sabotage would stop INEC from conducting the elections.”

     

     

     

  • Gumen kill 51 in Adamawa attacks

    •Fleeing children, women drown in boat mishap

    Fifty-one people, including a pastor of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN), have been killed in an attack by suspected herdsmen.

    Our correspondent gathered the incident occurred on Thursday night with villages of Gon, Nzumosu, Bolki, Nyanga, and Bukuto in Numan Local Government Area affected.

    Residents said the invaders launched the attack from Abbare, a neighbouring community in Taraba State, burning down much of three of the affected villages.

    In what amounted to double tragedy for the affected communities, a boat conveying some 40 women and children fleeing from the attacks reportedly capsized with unspecified occupants drowned.

    Adamawa State acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Musa Habibu, confirmed the attacks on five communities.

    He however couldn’t confirm the casualty figure, saying police operatives deployed to the council were still being expected to report their findings.

     

  • Adamawa suicide attacks tragic – Osinbajo

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed shock at Tuesday’s suicide attacks on a mosque and Market in Mubi, Adamawa State.

    A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, said that desecration of a place of worship by criminals is tragic and condemnable.

    “Osinbajo sent condolence messages to the victims and their families and to the government and people of Adamawa State,” the statement said.

    According to the statement, the vice president has been in touch with the state Governor, Bindow Umaru Jibrilla, and has directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to ensure the speedy and adequate provision of medical supplies and relief materials to the victims.

    He also expressed the Federal Government’s gratitude to the rescue workers and medical personnel who attended to the victims.

    He said security agencies have been directed to immediately beef up security in Mubi and environs, especially markets and places of worship.

    “The agencies are also working to apprehend the criminals behind this act and bring them to justice,” the statement added.

     

  • Boko Haram: We slept in hills – Michika residents

    Some residents of Michika town in Adamawa said they slept in the in the hills and nearby bushes during Wednesday night attack on the town by suspected insurgents.

    Some of the residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on phone on Thursday that the attackers arrived the town around 9pm to unleash the mayhem for about five hours.

    “They burnt three banks, police station, shops and part of the Michika Local Government Council secretariat.

    “They came in nine Toyota Hilux vans firing guns and throwing explosives,” a resident who simply identify himself as Fide said.

    Fide said he saw corpses of two victims whose remains were recovered on Thursday morning.

    “One of the dead body is that of a staff of Bank of Agriculture,” Fide said.

    NAN also gathered that the attackers raided Kirchinga, Kubla and Shuwa villages on their way to Michika.

    “They burnt places of worship and the house of a former commissioner Idris Nuhu in Shuwa village,” said a resident, Mr. Sule Idris.

    Confirming the report, the spokesman of the 23rd Armour Brigade, Yola, Capt. Ja’afaru Nuhu, said the insurgents attacked communities in Madagali and Michika Local Government Areas.

    Nuhu also promised to give details of the attacks later.