Five or six military commanders have been arrested and detained by the
army after they abandoned, withdrew from Mubi, Mararaba, Michika,
Madagali, and Vimtim communities when Boko Haram men attacked the areas
last week, allowing the insurgents to take over some areas.
Some soldiers were also detained. According to Sahara Reporters,
the military commanders are being detained at the military police guard
room at the 23 Brigade HQ, in Yola, Adamawa state. (pic above, fleeing
Nigerian soldiers spotted in Song, Adamawa state)The commander whose names and ranks were given as Colonel Ibrahim, Lt. Colonel Magaji and three others abandoned the 213 Brigade headquarters a few minutes after Boko Haram militants reached Mararaba and Hildi on the outskirts of Mubi.
Defense officials in Abuja
had told Saharareporters that investigations were ongoing as to the
cause of abandonment of the battle front by the commanders. Another
set of commanders from the 234 Brigade are expected to be detained by
the military authorities as soon as they leave the MRS Hospital in Yola
in a day or two according our sources.
The team includes Lt. Col O.A Agwu and his lieutenants. They equally
fled the battle scene in Mubi and allowed Boko Haram militants to take
the town with resistance. However, Lt. Col Agwu’s pick up van
somersaulted twice and crashed injuring him and his lieutenants as they
fled Mubi.
Mubi had three army battalions comprising of the "234 Brigade, the
213 Brigade and the 21 Support Group" when it fell to militants last
Thursday. The soldiers fled alongside civilians to neighboring villages
in Nigeria and Cameroon.
A Punch newspaper report today claims that over
300 soldiers fled to Cameroon.SaharaReporters could confirm
that the rest of the soldiers are in "MIA" mode in Song Adamawa state
where they await further orders to act against Boko Haram.
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