The terrorists were engaged by troops of 23 Brigade of the Nigerian Army
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This information was conveyed in a statement posted on the official website of the Defence Headquarters
The police spokesman in the state, DSP Othman Abubakar, said that the suspect was helping the State Criminal Investigation Department in its investigation
The fierce fight to dislodge them from the location, which is very close to a market, resulted in the capture of Machine Guns and rifles as well as the death of some number of them
Jibrilla said the incident occurred when some youths lit fire to warm themselves because of harmatan cold but mistakenly added a leather object they picked by the roadside containing a strange object
NAN correspondent, who visited Mubi, Hong, Maiha and Gombi, reports that business activities had started picking up, with some shop owners opening for business
More special troops are being deployed to other areas in the North East axis in similar coordinated air and land operations to rid the communities of terrorists’ activities
The insurgents were said to have burnt the police station in the town “and quite a number of houses, including the Emir’s palace”
The ongoing military operations in North East Nigeria is to clear all areas infested by terrorists
According to Adoke, the Council reviewed the emergency rule and approved that it should be extended
The chopper reportedly crashed in Damare area of Adamawa State
Maiha Local Government Area headquarters fell in the hands of the Boko Haram insurgents in an intense gun battle with the Nigerian troops on Monday
They were organised by the Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board in collaboration with the state branches of the Christian Association of Nigeria and the Muslim Council
Speaking with State House correspondents after a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Thursday, Ngilari disclosed that five local government areas in the state had already fallen into the hands of the terrorists
The statement said: “Concerned with the incursion of the Boko Haram insurgents into Adamawa North Senatorial District in particular and the North East geopolitical sone in general, the Adamawa Community Association, FCT Chapter wishes to commiserate with all persons affected by the disturbances, especially those who lost loved ones and properties arising from the activities of the insurgents
Many of the soldiers and residents were said to have fled to neighbouring local government areas
Ngilari said this on Wednesday in Yola when he received a governorship nomination form purchased for him by the Adamawa Progressive People Movement, which urged him to shelve his senatorial ambition and go for governorship
Fintiri was on October 8 removed as governor by a Federal High Court, Abuja and replaced by the former Deputy Governor of the state, Bala Ngilari, who had challenged the acting governor’s tenure
He said that his emergence as a state governor was the will of God “who gives leadership to whoever he wants at a time He wants
An Abuja Federal High Court had ordered that former Deputy Governor, Bala Ngilari, be sworn in immediately as the state governor, thereby nullifying his alleged resignation from office before the impeachment of ex-Governor Murtala Nyako