Boko Haram on the prowl: Bombs Bus station and sacks Army Chief's village

Boko Haram on the prowl: Bombs Bus station and sacks Army Chief's village

Boko Haram is on the prowl again! Despite widely reported ceasefire reached with the Nigerian military, Boko Haram appears to have resurged. They have continued to sack communities in Borno and Adamawa State are heading towards Yola. They also seem to have resorted to their former guerilla tactics. At least 30 people have been reported dead after three explosions rocked the popular Gombe Line Transport Services Limited in Gombe State. According to the police and an eye witnesses the explosions were reported to have occurred around 9:30 am Friday leaving many dead.

The Three bombs which were said to be concealed in bags went off during Friday morning rush hour.

“We had explosions at the Gombe line motor park…As for the death toll, we are still working on that,” said area police chief Abdullahi Kudu.

An employee of the state-run bus park, Lawanti Aliyu, and other witnesses said three men left bags packed with explosives among the buses which went off at 9:00 am (0800 GMT).

Meanwhile, Boko Haram has sacked the village of the Chief of Defence Staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh. Few hours after Mubi, the commercial nerve centre and the second biggest town in Adamawa State fell into the hands of Islamic terror group, the insurgents, yesterday, overran Vimtim, the home town of the Chief of Defence Staff.

This is a very significant insult to the CDS who earlier in January 20 this year vowed that the Boko Haram menace would end last April.


Mubi town was invaded, yesterday, by the terrorists who stormed the 234 Nigerian Army Battalion, burnt down the police station and the Mubi prison, setting the inmates free. The insurgents also hoisted their flag at the Palace of the Emir of Mubi. When the insurgents invaded the town, the troops and the residents fled while they had a field day looting and burning property.


Having taken over Mubi, the insurgents marched on to other surrounding villages and towns before storming Vimtim, the home town of the Chief of Defence Staff.As at yesterday, Mubi was like a ghost town as the entire residents have deserted it even as some edifices like the Mubi International Cattle Market, the local government secretariat as well as some private buildings were still burning.

How we escaped from Mubi –Redeemed pastor

A Zonal pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG,who escaped from the insurgents in Mubi, told Vanguard that the Boko Haram sect had conquered Mubi and were fully in-charge.

Asked how he escaped, he said he was just getting to Yola, the Adamawa State Capital at press time last night, after a scary run through Mubi bushes and farm roads.

“For over two hours, we ran and crawled through bush tracks and farm roads to get to where I got a bus to Yola. I am just getting to Yola. I thank God.”

Asked what he was doing in Mubi, the pastor said he was transferred to somewhere in Borno where he stayed for several days. According to him, “there was no telecommunication network in the area, I could neither call nor receive calls. The insurgents were terrorizing the area and one of my zonal pastors at the headquarters advised that I should not stay there hence, I had to leave”.

Before he fled Mubi for Yola, he said the security problem had worsened. “However, the men and the youths said they were not going anywhere, that enough is enough. They have been killing the militants. Yesterday, they killed two. But they withdrew the soldiers and mobile policemen and yesterday the insurgents attacked. They have conquered Mubi. That is why most people are afraid.”