Times reports that the town of Mubi in Adamawa state has been recaptured from the clutches of the Boko Haram insurgents by the local vigilante group known as the Civilian JTF.
The terrorists are reportedly fleeing from the army as at the time of this report.
The Boko Haram insurgents seized Mubi on the 29th of October, and the Nigerian military had been trying to reclaim the territory since then.
In an operation which received military support, the local vigilante group attacked the insurgents at night and drove them out of the town between Wednesday and Thursday.
The Defence HQ hasn't confirmed this yet.
A military official, however, told PREMIUM TIMES the operation was not as “conclusive as claimed”.
But the Adamawa State government said the operation was successful and that Mubi is now free of Boko Haram.
“His Excellency, Governor Bala Ngilari, has confirmed that the combined efforts of the Civilian Vigilante and the Sarkin Bakan Gombi as well as the military has successfully chased away Boko Haram from Mubi town,” Phineas Elisha, the director, press, to Governor Ngilari, told PREMIUM TIMES.
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