Boko Haram at it again, blast kills five soldiers and 35 others in Adamawa.

No fewer than 40 people, including five
soldiers and a local hunter, were
reported to have been killed following
a bomb explosion on Thursday
morning around Mararaba-Mubi area
of Adamawa State.
Eyewitness told newsmen in Yola, the
state capital, that a combined team of
the military and local hunters
patrolling the area after they had
successful recaptured Mubi from the
insurgents were mostly affected.
It was learnt that the bomb planted by
the insurgents exploded and killed the
40 people instantly.
According to the eyewitness, the
scene of the blast was a busy area
where people returning to the town
after the recaptured of Mubi gathered
to do one business or the other.
The source added that the explosive
might have been planted by members
of the Boko Haram on the eve of the
day and it went off while people,
including soldiers, gathered in the
morning to strategise on their next line
of action.
According to the eyewitness, who
spoke to newsmen on the telephone,
the military had converted the venue
of the blast to a checkpoint, since
there was always heavy presence of
people at the spot most of the time.
“My house is some metres from the
scene of the incident. I stood outside
my compound, watching the suburb.
And all of a sudden, I heard a loud
bang which shook the entire
surroundings.
“The few people that were returning to
the area started fleeing and the area
was immediately cordoned off by the
military,” he maintained.
The explosion prompted the military
authorities to declare the area “a no go
place” and advised returning villagers
and passersby to be extra cautious
along the routes.
The authorities also cautioned the
people to be wary of strange objects
and polythene bags within their
vicinity, advising that they might be
explosives fashioned out to look
attractive for unknown victims.
Meanwhile, hundreds of local hunters
keeping vigil with the military in the
recovered areas from the insurgents in
Adamawa State have vowed to ensure
that they will chase the sect members
out of the area.
The hunters, who were returning to the
recaptured areas of Mubi and its
environs, told newsmen on Thursday
in Yola that their major pre-occupation
was to ensure that the area was
completely secured for the inhabitants
to return to their homes.
The leader of the hunters, Young
Moris, pledged that they would do all
they could to ensure that Michika and
Madagali were rid of the insurgents.
On the constraints faced by the group,
Moris lamented that considering their
personal sacrifices to their
motherland, the state government’s
gesture was not encouraging,
especially in the area of mobility and
feeding.
He advised politicians in the corridors
of power to stop sabotaging the efforts
of the government and stop playing
politics with the insurgents.