Gulak
Boko Haram insurgents have taken over Gulak town, the headquarters of Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa state, the Secretary to the Government of Adamawa State, Prof. Liman Tukur, has said.
Tukur made this statement available to newsmen in Yola on Saturday.
The statement revealed that the insurgents had killed and displaced many people in the town in recent attacks.
It said, “It has come to the attention of the Adamawa State Government that insurgents are now in Gulak, the headquarters of Madagali Local Government Area and had killed and displaced scores of people.
“On behalf of the people and government of Adamawa, his Excellency deeply sympathises with the people of Gulak and other surrounding villages and towns whose areas had been overran by insurgents.
“The concomitant effects of the insurgency like displacement of whole villages and towns create multitudes of internally displaced persons whose management and welfare, the government is left to bear.”
The statement further said government was working assiduously to assist the displaced persons.
The state Emergency Management Agency in conjunction with the National Emergency Management Agency had been directed to hasten assistance to the displaced persons, the statement further disclosed.
It was also reported that Michika, headquarters of Michika Council , few kilometres away from Madagali local government area, has been deserted as residents of some villages have fled to Uba, Mubi and Yola towns because they fear insurgents’ attacks.
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