Reports from Madagali local government area of Adamawa State, one of the local governments currently under the siege of Boko Haram insurgents, indicated that the father of immediate Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Barrister A. A. Gulak, Alhaji Ali Gilari, who was trapped in the town, has died.
The Boko Haram insurgents had for close to a month laid siege on many towns and villages of Adamawa State and were allegedly operating the full version of Islamic law in the areas they captured.
Reports from Gulak indicated that the decomposed body of his father was found three days after he died in his residence, as nobody could attend to him after the town was deserted following the incursion of Boko Haram insurgents.
Some of the trapped residents who escaped by the whiskers said the situation in the town was pathetic, as the insurgents had killed many residents, while they cut up the arms of others, as many others especially the elderly died due to dearth of medical care.
They said many among the elderly people trapped in the town have died while trying to escape through the hills to neighbouring villages to get medical attention.
They also reported that corpses had virtually littered the town, as pigs and dogs had a field day feasting on them as no one could give them a befitting burial.
Meanwhile, Adamawa State Acting Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, in a press statement issued by his spokesman Solomon Kumangar, commiserated with the families of the deceased.
The governor lamented over the dead of Alhaji Ali Gilari and others who lost their lives in similar circumstances.
Also, death toll as a result of attacks by suspected Fulani armed men in four villages of Bachit District of Riyom local government area of Plateau State has risen to 14.
A member representing Riyom constituency and majority leader of the Plateau State House of Assembly Hon. Daniel Dem, told LEADERSHIP Sunday that, “As I am talking to you right now, the suspected Fulani gunmen have blocked the road leading to Bachit district, and report reaching me at the moment was that two corpses were discovered on the road.”
He further added that he had prepared to visit the area but was advised that the suspected Fulani armed men were still hiding in the bush with the intention of launching another round of attack on the villages in the area.
He called on security operatives in the area to be vigilant and not to relax as the armed men are still preparing to launch another mayhem on the local people in the state.