The Boko Haram sect have reportedly captured another Borno town, Adobam, after laying massive siege to it.
It is believed that the town was stormed by over 100 armed terrorists who came in Toyota Hilux vans and motorcycles.
The terrorist group was said to have attacked the village with explosives and petrol bombs on Saturday night before taking full control of the town.
They had on Friday evening, few hours after the Federal Government announced that a ceasefire had been agreed with the terrorist sect, attacked a neighbouring town of Abadam, Mallam Fatori, where they allegedly killed 10 persons. Mallam Fatori is a town which lies on the border with Niger.
It was learnt that the sect, as in other places they had captured, hoisted its black and white flag and had started moves to declare the town another Islamic caliphate.
A resident of the area, who called journalists in Maiduguri on the telephone on Sunday, said with the capture and occupation of Abadam, the black and white flag of Boko Haram, were hoisted in three strategic locations in the town.
Some Borno towns and communities under the control of the sect include Dikwa, Gwoza, Marte, Damboa, Banki, Bama, Wulgo, Kirenowa and over a dozen border villages.
Abadam is second largest town to Baga in Northern Borno and 265 kilometres north of Maiduguri, the state capital.
One of the residents of Abadam, who fled to Maiduguri, told journalists on the telephone, “Boko Haram gunmen entered Abadam town on Friday night; and shot at any resident sighted for almost two days; until early hours of Sunday, when many of us started to flee for safety into various directions, including farmlands, bushes and border areas of Bosso town in Niger Republic.”
Source: Punch