Residents of Madagali and Michika Local Government Areas of Adamawa have started returning to their homes, barely 24 hours after fleeing, due to fear of attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.
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The Adamawa Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Ahmad Sajoh, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Yola, said it occurred Monday midnight.
Reports have it that the terrorists, who struck at about 9:30pm, killed two villagers
The Adamawa State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Ahmad Sajoh, told Channels Television that the military and the insurgents were engaged in a fierce battle with residents fleeing for their lives
The attack is coming few days after similar ones in Ghumbili and Mildu villages of the area where several lives were lost.
The area is located in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State
Available reports have it that the insurgents sneaked into the town on Tuesday night through Chakawa
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the two-day event, taking place in Gulak town, the local government headquarters, involved cultural dances and horses display, popularly known as Durbar
An eyewitness, who simply identified himself as Baba, said the blast occurred near a checkpoint at the entrance of the town
The Chairman of Madagali Local Government, Alhaji Yusuf Mohammed, said the attack was contained by the prompt response of security operatives in the areas
The town is a major trading post in Adamawa State
Eyewitness account revealed that the insurgents, in their hundreds, stormed the village at about 10pm on Thursday
‘I am calling on the Government to know that Madagali is still not totally free from the attacks of Boko Haram being the only local government that is close to Sambisa, Chibok, Gwoza, the Southern Part of Borno State. I need to also stress that the Nigerian policemen are ready to work and the Government should give them adequate support’
The GOC, 3 Division, Major General Fatai Alli, stated this on Tuesday
One of the sources said many of the villagers were currently missing while those lucky to be alive have started moving in droves out of the village