Terrorists kill Emir’s son, torch Badeh’s House

After Wednesday's attack by Boko Haram terrorists on Mubi, the
economic nerve center of Adamawa State and the
subsequent attacks on Thursday, reports said yesterday that
the house of the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal
Alex Badeh has been burnt down.
Also destroyed was the hospital/clinic which the CDS built in
memory of his late mother some years ago which had not
only served the people of Vimtim but also provided first aid
Medicare for wounded soldiers prosecuting the battle to
dislodge terrorists from the North East.
A security source who made the disclosure to Saturday
Vanguard yesterday, noted that on entering Vimtim, the
primary target of the terrorists' was the house of the CDS,
adding that when they located the home of the Chief of
Defence Staff, they were over heard, shouting, 'bring out the
family of Badeh for slaughter, search the whole house, do
not let any of them escape'.
However, no member of his family was in the house when
the attackers arrived.
Also, a son of the Emir of Mubi who was said to have
relocated to Vimtim in the wake of Wednesday's attack on
their palace was said to have been recognized and killed by
the terrorists.
Lamenting the shocking development, the source said
investigations have now revealed that many supposed
residents or visitors into Mubi in the last four days before
the attack were Boko Haram members who infiltrated the
town on the pretext of being traders or family relations
running from the terrorists attacks in other places.
"What really caused the pandemonium and panic that
assisted the terrorist gain a upper hand was that as soldiers
were in the frontlines marked out to repel the sect members
coming from Uba axis in Borno, bombs and gunfire attack
was coming from inside Mubi and communities which
resulted in confusion", the source said.
Asked how this was possible, the source said tales of some
of the people that escaped the attack show that many of
them were told that they should not say their prayers in the
town that day as it may be the last day they say such prayers
in that town. They however failed to alert security agencies
with such information until the deed was done.
On the next line of action, the source only said that security
forces were not resting on their oars.
Meanwhile, several attempts to get the Director of Defence
Information, Major General Chris Olukolade to speak on the
attacks proved abortive as he did not pick phone calls nor
reply to text messages.


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