Boko Haram kills district head

As more jet fighters moved to liberate Mubi, Boko Haram yesterday killed Alhaji Dalailu Digil, the Acting District Head of Nasarau, who is also Barade Mubi. The insurgents, who have hoisted their flag at the Palace of the Emir of Mubi, Alhaji Abubakar Isa Ahmadu, were also said to be hunting for the emirate chiefs. But the Coalition of Mubi Women in Abuja has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to step up efforts to stop the wanton killing of innocent residents of their hometown. ‘Situation still tense’ According to a reliable source, the situation in Mubi was still dicey and tense yesterday. The source said: “The insurgents have held on to Mubi, but the troops were already advancing to liberate the town. More fighter jets were deployed by the military to pound the camps and cells of Boko Haram. “But the sect members became daring when they waylaid and killed Barade Mubi, who was also the Acting District Head of Nasarau, Alhaji Dalailu Digil. The district head was on his way to Degel. “We do not know why the sect had been after all emirate chiefs and district heads.” Responding to a question, the source added: “Heavy fighting was in place in Mubi and there is assurance that the troops might recapture the town.” Jonathan told to contain insurgency The Coalition of Mubi Women in Abuja last night pleaded with President Goodluck Jonathan to end the siege to the town. The group made the plea in a statement in Abuja, which was signed by Hajiya Aji Bello. The statement said: “We are constrained to draw Mr. President’s attention to the fluid security situation in Mubi and neighbouring towns and villages, after the security operatives in the area absconded giving room to Boko Haram elements to overrun the entire area. “It is unfortunate that fellow citizens are daily being turned into ‘refugees’ as the terrorists move from one community to another, mounting their flags and branding all such ‘captured territories’, including Mubi, a major commercial hub in the North-east, as extensions of their ‘caliphate’. “For about two months now, Madagali, Michika and all their environs have been under the control of Boko Haram, and sadly the security forces are fully aware of this fact. “It is really disheartening that at the moment, thousands of our aged parents as well as young brothers and sisters are missing due to the current state of anarchy and uncertainty that has enveloped Mubi, Madagali, Michika and environs.” The coalition said there was no basis for Boko Haram to continue to undermine the nation’s security. The statement added: “We believe this is a clear affront to in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and an expression of the terrorists’ contempt for our collective freedom as citizens to live in peace and harmony in our country. “We, therefore, enjoin Mr. President to use his good offices to deploy adequate troops and provide them the enablement to contain this rising insurgency before it consumes the entire country”, the women coalition urged. The women said that they were forced to join the few voices of reason, following the seeming cavalier handling of the imminent threat to Nigeria’s sovereignty by key stakeholders from Adamawa State, especially our representatives in the national and state assemblies. “We pray and hope that Mr. President will heed our frantic calls as mothers and take the necessary steps that will nip in the bud, once and for all, the needless spate of killings and destruction by these misguided elements. “We say: ‘Enough is enough’.”