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.
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ReplyDeleteHow
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That?
Why will they run away if they had good weapons? It's questionable.
ReplyDeleteServes them right
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm! Can they do that?
ReplyDeleteI dout if they can do that.
ReplyDeleteHope this isn't sabotage against GEJ?
ReplyDeleteVery terrible thing to hear.
ReplyDeleteSoldiers with guns running away in front of battle, choi! This can only happen in naija.
ReplyDeleteYes, let them go back there abeg
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