A suspected Boko Haram member, who feigned
madness, narrowly escaped arrest at Buni Yadi
town in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe on
Tuesday.
The Commander, 27 Task Force Brigade,
Damaturu, Col. Usman Yusuf, gave the order to
arrest the supposedly madman when he was
sighted in one of the dilapidated buildings in the
deserted town.
As troops advanced to carry out the order, the
suspect, who wore a white garment with and had
unkempt hair, started chanting some incantations
and then disappeared.
The incident occurred when the commander led a
group of newsmen who were on a guided tour of
towns recently liberated from Boko Haram
insurgents, visited Buni Yadi to see things for
themselves.
Yusuf, however, promised that the troops would
fish out the suspect soon.
The suspect was believed to be on a surveillance
mission for the insurgents but pretended to be
insane.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that
Gujba and Gulani Local Government areas in
Yobe were captured by the insurgents in July
2014 and remained under their control for nine
months.
There are 17 local governments in the state.
But Gujba, including its headquarters, Buni Yadi,
were liberated in the last three weeks, while
operation to free Gulani was ongoing, according
to Yusuf.
He described Buni Yadi town as one of the
strongholds of the insurgents in the state.
NAN reports that the terrorists blew up the only
bridge linking the local government area with the
state capital, Damaturu, and other towns shortly
after they occupied the area.
Before retreating from Buni Yadi, they also burnt
down most of the houses, schools, the Local
Government secretariat, motor parks, court, the
Emir’s palace and market.
Apart from troops on guard, the supposedly
madman, a dog and a cat were the only living
beings sighted in the deserted town.
The commander listed other towns recaptured by
troops in the state to include: Fkayel, Gulani,
tetteba, Bunsa, Bularafa, Kukuwa Geri and Buni
Geri.
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