Chairman of Madagali Local
Government Area in Adamawa State, Hon. Yusuf Muhammad, has confirmed the death
of two members of the Boko Haram sect, including a commander.
Muhammad said the terrorists on a
mission to raid Bakin Dutse and Gadamayo villages of Madagali early Thursday
morning were repelled by the local hunters.
He recalled that the terrorists
had last Monday night attacked two communities of Nyibango and Mudubu in the
Madagali council area and wanted to to extend their attacks.
Muhammad revealed that the
insurgents usually lunched attacks on the areas whenever the government brought
relief materials, particularly food items.
“They were on rampage to steal
food and medical supplies when they raided Nyibango and other villages,” the council
chairman said.
He said although normalcy had
come back to the areas, the areas still require more security men to contain
the activities of the sect.
Spokesman of the hunters in
Madagali, Ali Hammajabu, told Thisday: “Our hunters successfully averted
attempted massive raid on villages of Bitu, Gadamayo and Bakin Dutse”.
“The dead Boko Haram commander
was wearing a vest belonging to one of our famous commanders, Bukar Jimeta, who
was killed by the insurgents recently.
“We saw their corpses this morning
with signs of bloods indicating that their bodies were dragged.
“We found two AK47 riffles and
police teargas canister which we handed over to soldiers in Madagali,” the
hunter said.
He added that the insurgents
stormed Gadamayo and Bakin Dutse to steal food and medical supplies after
residents fled into the bush but were repelled.
“Our brave hunters deployed to
assist soldiers engaged the insurgents who fled. Few weapons were seized from
them.
“This came less than two days
after the terrorists attacked three villages in the same area”, he said.
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