Boko Haram insurgency – establishes bases in Yobe, Adamawa States

THERE are intelligence reports that members of the Boko Haram insurgents have allegedly established new bases in some parts of Yobe and Adamawa States, security sources revealed.

It was gathered that the Boko Haram terrorists established hideouts in Geidam and some other parts of Yobe State.

A security source said other new bases of the insurgents were established in Tarmuwa and Yunusari local governments areas of Yobe State; Mubi, Madagali and Gombi local government areas of Adamawa State.

In the meantime, suspected Boko Haram terrorists, on Tuesday, assaulted Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State, kidnapping three personnel of the Nigeria Customs Services.

The suspected Boko Haram terrorists drove into the town around 5.30pm through Geidam Mane Shuwa Road and operated for about two hours.

It was said that they broke into stores and drug shops, looted foodstuffs, took a huge amount of drugs and burnt down an ambulance that belongs to the general hospital in Geidam.

It was learnt that though there was no civilian casualty, a credible security source, who spoke with Top Naija in Damaturu, said, “The terrorists, who are operating around these areas, have since forced some villagers to move out of their homes and relocate to their relatives in Geidam town for safety.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, Yobe State Police Command, Abdulkarim Dungus, confirmed the assault on Geidam.

Dungus stated that three officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, who were recently posted to Yobe from Bauchi State, were kidnapped at their checkpoint by the insurgents after they had left the town.

The Boko Haram insurgency started in 2009 when the jihadist group Boko Haram began an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria.

When the terrorist insurgency was at its peak in the mid-2010s, it was called the world’s deadliest terrorist group, in terms of the number of people it killed.

The conflict takes place within the context of long-standing issues of religious violence between Nigeria’s Muslim and Christian communities, and the insurgents’ ultimate aim is to establish an Islamic state in the region.