Members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko
Haram, have instituted the Shara law in
Mubi, Adamawa State, captured by the
insurgents last week.
And according to Punch , advised all
Christians in the Mubi Local Government
Area to relocate to other areas except they
were prepared to be islamised or be killed.
The insurgents also amputated the hands of
10 residents said to have been found guilty
of sundry offences, including looting of
property
of fleeing residents.
Sources in Mubi town said they saw the
terrorists parading 10 persons whose hands
were said to have been amputated. The
victims were said to have been amputated
in the presence of residents the insurgents
asked to converge to witness the
enforcement of Sharia law. An eye witness
account indicated that two imams were
dragged out from a mosque and beheaded
for allegedly preaching against Boko Haram.
The source further said that the Emir's
palace in Mubi had been converted to the
residence of the 'Amir' and that the
insurgents hoisted their flags to signify that
they were in control of the palace.
PUNCH adds that the most affected by the
development in Mubi were students of the
Adamawa State University and the Federal
Polytechnic, Mubi. The students were said
to have gone through torture before some
of them reportedly escaped through the
border between Nigeria and Cameroun.
Some of them were said to still be in the
bush.
"I must give thanks and praises to God
almighty for spearing my life; I saw as
people were being slaughtered like goats. I
am too happy to see myself alive," a female
student of the Federal Polytechnic, told
Punch correspondent in Yola on Sunday.
The insurgents said their mode of prayer
was different from what Muslims in the
town were used to and that they were "in
Mubi to restore Islamic independence to the
people and anybody who does not follow us
must be killed."
"We are not to hurt anyone but to free the
people from religious slavery," a source
quoted the insurgents to have said.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Governor of Borno
State, Alhaji Zanna Mustapha, has said that
the Federal Government needs to adopt
more stringent measures against Boko
Haram in the North-East.
Mustapha told journalists on Monday at the
Government House, Yola, that the state
governments of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe
had raised the alarm over the future of their
states as a result of rising occupation of
towns and villages by Boko Haram.
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