The source added that fighter jets and helicopters featured prominently in the encounters between the military and the insurgents. The Fighter jets, according to him, bombed the hideouts of the insurgents while foot soldiers attacked their locations near the Michika LGA secretariat. He said that the troops from Borno and Adamawa states blocked many of the routes used by the insurgents to enter into Cameroon. The source added, “I can confirm to you that troops are taking on the insurgents. They have not yet retaken Michika, but a serious operation is going on there.
“They have taken Uba and Gulak. Soldiers from Borno and Adamawa states were involved in the operation in Uba. You know that it is a border community between the two states.
“As we are talking now, the soldiers are taking on the insurgents in Mararaba which is between Michika and Mubi. The soldiers have also blocked most of their routes to Cameroon while the Air Force is carrying out aerial bombardment.”
The PUNCH learnt that the rush by residents to leave the affected communities resulted in a sharp increase in transport fares. For instance, those fleeing Mubi to Yola paid as much as N3, 500 for a journey of N1000.
Investigations also revealed that ground operation for the liberation of Bama had not been launched even though the Air Force had continued aerial attacks on the area.
The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, could not be reached for comment on the confrontation between the troops and the insurgents in Adamawa State as the calls to his mobile telephone line did not connect.
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