Five military commanders have been handcuffed and detained
at the military police guard room at the 23 Brigade headquarters in Yola
Adamawa state for abandoning Mubi in Adamawa state to Boko Haram militants last
Wednesday.
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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