No fewer than 75 Boko Haram militants were killed on Wednesday by local hunters in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State, who recaptured the local government headquarters from the hand of the insurgents. Maiha Local Government headquarters fell in the hands of the Boko Haram insurgents in an intense gun battle with the Nigerian troops on Monday. According to a local resident of Maiha who spoke to reporters in Yola, the hunters mobilised after they were told that the insurgents had killed a Nigeria lieutenant colonel. He said some of the insurgents were killed with bows and arrows. Investigations revealed that there is a fear of reprisal by the insurgents, as thousands of residents of Maiha were allegedly trooping to Yola, the capital of the state. However, over 20,000 local hunters in Adamawa State are mobilising forces to team up with the Nigerian troops to liberate some captured local government areas of the state from the hand of the insurgents. Meanwhile, the Muslim com...
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