EMIR OF MUBI RETURNED TO DAMAGED PALACE, A MARK OF PEACE STABILITY

For the first time the Emir of Mubi, Alh. Dr. Abubakar Isa Ahmadu, has returned to the plundered Palace of the Mubi Emirate Council after the Town of Mubi has been hold unto ransomed over three weeks by the dreaded sect known as Boko Haram which made the high and mighty of the town to be at a run for safety for many weeks after the invasion of the town by the callous group and destroyed its economic livewire and burning down of the Mubi International Market along with 28 Churches some of them built around 1920s.

The jubilant people of Mubi town in Adamawa State joys overwhelmed them on Friday following the return of their Emir, after the military recaptured the town from insurgents. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Isa was in Saudi Arabia as the state Amirul Hajj when insurgents attacked the town in October 12th 2014.

The Boko Haram had renamed the town of Mubi to Madinatul Islam and installed an Amir who had moved into the palace of the Emir of Mubi during the dark days of the town.

The residents lined the streets of Mubi and waved to the emir as he headed for the Mubi Central Mosque.

The residents who chanted songs to welcome back the Emir said, “This is one of the happiest days of my life and I pray things have normalized for the better,” Buba Ibrahim, who was among those that, trooped out to welcome the Emir, said.

Hajiya Hauwa Umar Mohammed, who was also excited by the return of the emir, said the emir's return was symbolic.

“This historic return symbolized that Mubi has been liberated from the insurgents,” Umar said.

The Emir, who joined other Muslim faithful's to observe the Jummat prayers at the Mubi Central Mosque, urged the residents to take what happened as the will of God.

Isa called for sustained prayers for lasting peace in the emirate and the nation in genera

The town which had been under attacks by members of the Boko Haram sect since October 12th 2014 when the dreaded gunmen overran the town forcing people in thousands to flee across the hills to escape death.

Calm has returned to the town except for the restriction of vehicular movement by the military, many roots are cordoned off while life has started in a small level