Six military commanders, including an injured Lieutenant Colonel, have been arrested by the military for withdrawing from Mararaba, Michika, Madagali, Mubi and later Vimtim when Boko Haram insurgents attacked the communities last week.

It was learnt that an unspecified number of soldiers were also in detention for allegedly abandoning the communities, thereby making it easy for the insurgents to have an upper hand.

A reliable military source, who made this known in Abuja on Sunday, said the movement of five of the commanders had been restricted to the officers mess in a military formation.

The source, who did not name the military formation, because of security reason, added that “one of them, a Leutenant Colonel is receiving treatment at the MRS in Yola for serious injuries he sustained when the car in which he was escaping with somersaulted several times.”

He said the injured officer would join his colleagues in the officers mess on recovery.

Our source said, “Today (Sunday), the military authorities arrested five commanders around the Mubi axis of Adamawa State. The sixth is a Lt. Col.

“Some of those arrested were at Mararaba, Madagali, Michika and other locations. I think the military leaders are saying that the soldiers did not resist the Boko Haram when they invaded the place.”

Our source explained that the Defence authorities had already commenced investigations into the activities of all its personnel in relation with the capture of Mubi, the second largest town in Adamawa State and other supposedly “fortified locations,” including Vimtim, the home town of the Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh.

The insurgents had reportedly burnt Badeh’s residence, a clinic and a civic centre in the community on Thursday.

The source explained that the military authorities were determined to find out why the Boko Haram’s advance in the state was not resisted by the troops.

He said the military chiefs were of the opinion that the “tactical withdrawal” of the soldiers from their positions was nothing but a “display of indiscipline and cowardice which would not be tolerated.”

Our correspondents gathered that it was the military authority’s conviction that enough weapons and men were deployed in Mubi and other locations to frustrate the any attack by the insurgents.

On Thursday, the Minister of Defence, Lt.Gen. Aliyu Gusau; the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Kenneth Minimah, declined to speak with journalists on issues relating to the capture of Mubi and the other communities by the insurgents.

When contacted on the issue, the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade, said, “Anyone found to have undermined the ongoing operation will face appropriate sanctions and this is well known to all military personnel.”

Another source, who confided in one of our correspondents, said soldiers had a grueling encounter on Sunday with insurgents at Bladeba about one and half kilometers from Mubi.

He said the soldiers were able to take over some of the checkpoints captured by the insurgents.

It was also learnt that some of the insurgents in control of Mubi were moving towards Hildi to avoid aerial bombardments.

Raymondenyi:
Please these boko haram commanders; is their anyway we can convert them to nigeria military; we really need commanders like dem; how do they do it? Because they are d obvious underdogs in dis case, but seem to be gaining upper hands...

We re better equipped; trained nn commissioned military officers.. These bokoboiz, re just ragtags civilians; without any formal military training, or formations; buh are gaining so mmuch upperhands...

Determination really goes a long way; those boko commanders; needs commmendation ibeg; our military should learn 4rm dem...

egift:
When the Commander in Chief cannot visit a certain part of the country or the army in those areas, his subordinates are expected to die because they have crude ammunition to fight.

Instead of using the One Billion Dollar loan to get new gadget for our soldiers, they used it to bribe Fake Boko Haram for a Fake ceasefire agreement.

tit:
You boko haram people have announced the weapons you got in Mubi will keep you going for one year.
If the weapons could keep BH happy for a year, dont you think the NA could have used it to stave them off?

jojomario:
they are gaining much power because we have them among us diaguising like one of us. dont always sleep with your two eyes closed. I only pity the faithful soldiers and true officers.