Alleged fleeing Nigerian soldiers returns to Adamawa

Nigerian soldiers who were alleged to have escaped to the neighbouring Cameroon Republic following a battle involving the military and members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect have resurfaced in Adamawa state.

Locals of Mubi town at the borders between Adamawa and Cameroun in the state revealed on Tuesday that they witnessed when the soldiers were returning from Cameroun in the wee hours, stressing that most of the soldiers were in torn uniforms, wearing shattered and gloomy faces.

However, the locals said they could not ascertain whether they were among the over 400 soldiers that were reported to have fled to Cameroun or not but they claimed that most of the troops who participated in Gwoza operations were drawn from the special unit battalion based in Mubi.

“ We saw some of them purchasing second hand clothes at the Mubi main market to replace their torn uniforms.’’ a source said He said the presence of the soldiers caused serious panic and confusion in area.” when we sighted the troops we were afraid thinking that it was the insurgents”.

. “The soldiers arrived in the night and people who saw them begun to scamper for safety, because no one knows their mission ,I even thought they are Boko Haram disguised in military uniform, as they used to do,’’ he said.

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Alleged fleeing Nigerian soldiers returns to Adamawa