Boko Haram: President Jonathan Sneaks into Yola, Visits Mubi

26 Feb 2015 President Goodluck Jonathan Daji Sani in Yola As part of efforts to fulfill his promise to Nigerians that his administration will flush out the Boko Haram insurgents before the coming general elections, President Goodluck Jonathan sneaked into Yola unannounced on Thursday and proceeded to Mubi to encourage soldiers of 155 Special Task Force battalion in Mubi town of Adamawa state. The president also paid a courtesy call on the Emir of Mubi, Alhaji Abubakar Isa, to sympathize with and strengthen the morale of the people of Mubi over the loss of their love ones and properties destroyed by the insurgents. The president who landed in Yola International Airport around 11 am amidst tight security boarded a helicopter to Mubi along with Service Chiefs and the Inspector General of Police. The president’s chopper landed at the Mubi army barracks from where the president took a ride to the emir's palace where he met the Emir and members of Mubi Emirate traditional council. A resident of Mubi, Idris Buba, said there was heavy security in Mubi during the president’s brief visit. "When the President and his entourage left the emir's palace, they headed to Vimtim village, the home town of Chief of Defence Staff, Chief Air Marshall Alex Badeh, who is also in the president entourage", Buba said. According to him, the president also held a closed door meeting with the three Service Chiefs who were already in Vimtim Village ahead of the president. Mubi is the second largest town in Adamawa and among those recently recaptured from Boko Haram by the military http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/boko-haram-president-jonathan-sneaks-into-yola-visits-mubi/202783/