B’Haram brings Mubi under Sharia, amputates 10

Members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, have instituted the
Shara law in Mubi, Adamawa State, captured by the insurgents last
week.
The insurgents were also said to have amputated the hands of 10
residents said to have been found guilty of sundry offences, including
looting of property of fleeing residents.
Sources in Mubi town said they saw the terrorists parading 10 persons
whose hands were said to have been amputated.
The victims were said to been amputated in the presence of residents
the insurgents asked to converge to witness the enforcement of Sharia
law.
An eye witness account indicated that two imams were dragged out from
a mosque and beheaded for allegedly preaching against Boko Haram. The
insurgents also advised all Christians in the Mubi Local Government
Area to relocate to other areas except they were prepared to be
islamised or be killed.
The source further said that the Emir's palace in Mubi had been
converted to the residence of the 'Amir' and that the insurgents
hoisted their flags to signify that they were in control of the
palace.
Our correspondent learnt that the most affected by the development in
Mubi were students of the Adamawa State University and the Federal
Polytechnic, Mubi. The students were said to have gone through torture
before some of them reportedly escaped through the border between
Nigeria and Cameroun.
Some of them were said to still be in the bush.
"I must give thanks and praises to God almighty for spearing my life;
I saw as people were being slaughtered like goats. I am too happy to
see myself alive," a female student of the Federal Polytechnic, told
our correspondent in Yola on Sunday.
The insurgents said their mode of prayer was different from what
Muslims in the town were used to and that they were "in Mubi to
restore Islamic independence to the people and anybody who does not
follow us must be killed."
"We are not to hurt anyone but to free the people from religious
slavery," a source quoted the insurgents to have said.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Zanna Mustapha,
has said that the Federal Government needs to adopt more stringent
measures against Boko Haram in the North-East.
Mustapha told journalists on Monday at the Government House, Yola,
that the state governments of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe had raised the
alarm over the future of their states as a result of rising occupation
of towns and villages by Boko Haram.