A suspected Boko Haram member, who feigned madness, narrowly escaped
arrest at Buni Yadi town in Gujba Local Government Area
of Yobe on
Tuesday.spies
The Commander, 27 Task Force Brigade, Damaturu, Col.
Usman Yusuf, gave the order to arrest the supposedly madman when he was
sighted in one of the dilapidated buildings in the deserted town.
As
troops advanced to carry out the order, the suspect, who wore a white
garment with an unkempt hair and chanting some incantations,
disappeared.
The incident occurred when the commander led a group
of newsmen who were on a guided tour of towns recently liberated from
Boko Haram insurgents, visited Buni Yadi to see things for themselves.
Yusuf, however, assured that the troops would fish out the suspect,soon.
The suspect was believed to be on a surveillance mission for the insurgents but pretended to be insane.
NAN
recalls that Gujba and Gulani Local Government areas in Yobe were
captured by the insurgents in July 2014 and remained under their control
for nine months.
There are 17 local governments in the state.
But
Gujba, including its headquarters, Buni Yadi, were liberated in the
last three weeks, while operation to free Gulani was ongoing, according
to Yusuf.
He described Buni Yadi town as one of the strongholds of the insurgents in the state.
NAN
reports that the terrorists blew up the only bridge linking the local
government area with the state capital, Damaturu, and other towns
shortly after they occupied the area.
Before retreating from Buni
Yadi, they also burnt down most of the houses, schools, the Local
Government secretariat, motor parks, court, the Emir’s palace and
market.
Apart from troops on guard, the supposedly madman, a dog and a cat were the only living beings sighted in the deserted town.
The
commander listed other towns recaptured by troops in the state to
include: Fkayel, Gulani, tetteba, Bunsa, Bularafa, Kukuwa Geri and Buni
Geri.
Source:PM News
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