The Mubi
Emirate Council of Adamawa State has refuted media reports (The
PUNCH not
included) that the Emir of Mubi, Alhaji Abubakar Ahmadu, left Mubi and his
palace for Yola, following an attack by Boko Haram on the town.
The spokesperson for the council, who
is also the Danruwata Mubi, Chief John Elias, said at a
news conference on Wednesday, that the Emirate was dismayed by the
report.
Elias explained that the Emir who is
the Amirul Hajj for the 2014 Hajj operation for Adamawa State , went to Yola to
meet members of the delegation over preparation for the pilgrims.
The Danruwata Mubi cautioned
people to desist from spreading information that had no source and
creating panic in the Emirate and the state in general.
He claimed that there was no attack
on Mubi and anywhere in Mubi North and Mubi South LGAs as well as Maiha LGA.
Elias,who however said
only Michika and Madagali had been affected by
insurgency, called on the public to remain calm .
However, report from Michika
indicated on Wednesday night that the attacks on the people
might be linked to the fact that some people in the
town harboured insurgents.
An indigene of the town, who gave his
name simply as Daniel said, “Some people who have
sympathy for the sect are frustrating military’s efforts at
flushing out the insurgents.”
Meanwhile, a Senior Advocate of
Nigeria, Olisa Agbakoba, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to
relieve the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, of his job.
Agbakoba said since the
military had failed in its mandate to win the war against Boko
Haram, Badeh had no right as the CDS, to remain in office.
Agbakoba made the call on Wednesday
at a press conference where he spoke on sundry issues of national
interest in his office.
Agbakoba said that the CDS who was
appointed in January this year had lost control of the army, citing the case of
about 480 Nigerian soldiers who ran into Cameroon during a confrontation with
the Boko Haram insurgents as a confirmation of his position.
The SAN, who was a former President
of the Nigerian Bar Association, said it was worrisome that Boko Haram was now
copying the tactics of the ISIS by declaring a caliphate in the
North-East.
He therefore called on the President
to show more seriousness in tackling the insurgency , adding that the first
step to take was for him to sack Badeh.
He said, “I think our first task is
to look around the world and ask whether our Nigerian intelligence and military
infrastructure are doing just what they ought to do. If I were the
Commander-in-Chief, I would invite the CDS , Alex Badeh and tell
him that if he loses any command in the army, it’s over. If the President fails
to send a strong message that the mission is not accomplished, then the chain
of command would be weak.
“In the army, it is obedience to
superior orders. How can you have Nigerian soldiers carrying our equipment into
Cameroon and running away? It tells you that the Army is degraded. The only way
that you can solve the Boko Haram problem is by a resolute decapitation of the
leadership. There is no other way.”
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