Recall that it was yesterday reported that Boko Haram militants invaded Mubi, Adamawa state and took-over the town from fleeing Nigerian soldiers. However, few hours after soldiers from the 234 battalion fled Mubi, the Defense Headquarters in Abuja has ordered the troops to return and retake the town from the militants.
 
The action of soldiers infuriated the Chief of Defense Staff, Alex Badeh, whose hometown, Vimtim, is now less than 15 miles from the location of the insurgents.

Some 300 soldiers who fled yesterday have now been ordered to converge at Song, a small township directly commanded by Brigadier Agbarefe, the Brigade Commander from the 213 Brigade in Yola. The troops are backed by two armored tanks and a few anti-personnel carriers (APCs) as they await final orders to march on Mubi to confront the insurgents and try to dislodge them.

Right now, Boko Haram has reportedly taken over the headquarters of the former Special Operations Battalion (SOB) now known as the 234 Battalion.

Meanwhile, the military authorities in Abuja were particularly nervous about the insurgents’ capture of the barracks, because the retreating soldiers left behind a huge cache of sophisticated weapons kept at the armory in Mubi.