Boko Haram killd 5 soldiers, 30 hunters in road side bombing.

Yola— No fewer than 35 people, including five military
personnel and a local hunter, were said to have been killed
by a bomb explosion yesterday morning around Mararaba-
Mubi area of Adamawa State.
An eyewitness told newsmen in Yola, the state capital, that
a combined team of the military and hunters were on
routine patrol of the area following their successful
recapture of Mubi town when the bomb planted by the
insurgents exploded, killing 35 of them instantly.
According to the eyewitness, the scene of the blast was a
busy area where people gathered to transact business,
adding that the explosive might have been planted there
overnight while it went off in the morning as people
gathered there.
The eyewitness, who spoke to newsmen on phone, said
the military had converted the venue of the blast to a
checkpoint, since people were always at the spot in large
numbers.
According to him, “my house is some metres from the
scene of the incident. I stood outside my compound
watching the suburb and all of a sudden, I heard a loud
bang which shook the entire surroundings. The few people
who were returning to the area started running away and
the area was immediately cordoned off by the military.”
Scene of the blast. AFP
The explosion prompted the military authorities to declare
the area “a no go place” and advised returning villagers
and passers-by to be extra cautious along the routes.
The authorities also cautioned the people to be wary of
strange objects and polythene bags within their reach,
advising that they might be explosives fashioned out to
look attractive for unsuspecting victims.
Meanwhile, hundreds of local hunters keeping vigil with the
military in the recovered areas of Adamawa State have
vowed to ensure that the sect members are completely
chased out
The hunters, who were returning to the recaptured areas of
Mubi and its environs, told newsmen, yesterday, in Yola
that their major pre-occupation now was to ensure that the
area is completely secured for the inhabitants to return to
their homes.
The leader of the hunters, Young Moris, pledged that they
will do everything to ensure that Michika and Madagali are
equally rid of the insurgents very soon.

Vanguard.