FEW hours after the Federal Government
gave the military marching orders to flush out Boko
Haram insurgents from Mubi, the commercial nerve
centre and second largest town in Adamawa State,
the terrorists, yesterday, defiantly renamed the town ‘Madinatul Islam’, which means the city of
Islam. Four local governments of Michika, Madagali, Mubi
North and Mubi South of Adamawa State are now in
the firm grip of the insurgents, throwing up
thousands of internally displaced persons. Trapped residents of the town who spoke on
telephone confirmed that the insurgents firmly in
control have renamed the town and have also set
up check-points in strategic locations. The terrorists
were also said to have urged all the residents who
fled to return as they would be more secure in the areas controlled by Boko Haram than in Nigerian
territories. A trapped resident, Aliyu Bala, who spoke on
telephone said: “They (insurgents) mounted check-
points in strategic locations, brandishing rifles but
asking us not to panic or run away. But despite
assurances of safety and security, thousands of the
trapped residents have been sneaking out as they said they would not risk staying in the town for fear
of the unknown.” A resident of Uba town, Mallam Salisu Baba,
however, said normal activities have started picking
up in the captured territories as Boko Haram
enjoined residents to go about their normal
activities while asking them to open their shops for
business. He said: “The insurgents have also warned
politicians not to try to hold any election in the state
as they vowed to frustrate any of such actions and
restated their resolve to capture the whole state in
no distant time.” Baba said the insurgents have assured them of
security and freedom. He added that unlike other
parts of the state where curfew was imposed and
people were prevented from riding motorcycles,
the insurgents have assured residents of free
movement any time of the day and asked them to ride their motorcycles and go about their normal
activities.
Source:www.vanguardngr.com/2014/11/boko-haram-renames-occupied-mubi-town/