Michika Residents Return Home After Military Repels Boko Haram Attack

As normalcy return to Michika town of Adamawa following night attack by insurgents, many residents that abandoned their houses during the incursion that was repelled by the military have started returning home.

However, the Nigerian military repelled the attack on Michika town in Adamawa State by Boko Haram insurgents. Residents told Daily Trust that militants on a Toyota Hilux and several motorcycles who stormed Michika town through Kappa village at around 6 pm had a fierce encounter with Nigerian soldiers which lasted for two hours.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many residents fled their houses during the Thursday night attack to take refuge in the bush and surrounding hills.

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“Some of us ran to villages like Bazza, Husara, and Uba. I am just returning to Michika from Uba with my family,” said a man who simply identified himself as Ali Carpenter.

Another resident, Mr. Sini John, said about 20 of them took refuge on the hill.

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“It was a terrible experience with the harsh harmattan weather.

“Some people were bold and went back home when the shooting subsided and it was clear that the insurgents had withdrawn, many of us, however, decided to remain on the hill till this morning; it is better than going back to face another surprise,” John said.

On the return of normalcy, the Adamawa Chairman of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) who is also the traditional title holder of Ubandoma of Michika, Mr. Stephen Maduwa, said things had normalized and people are returning home.

Maduwa said so far he has no information of any civilian casualty.

“We are still assessing the casualty situation and so far I am not aware of any civilian killed or injured but we saw the dead body of one insurgent.