No fewer than 70 Boko Haram fighters were killed by a combined force of local vigilantes and hunters in Maiha Local Government area of Adamawa State, as the insurgents attempted to install an Amir (leader), residents of the area have said.

Maiha town, which is about 25 kilometers from Mubi – the hometown of the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh – which was captured about two weeks ago, and about 200km from Yola the state capital, has now been liberated from the stranglehold of the insurgents.

Maiha fell to the insurgents on Monday after they launched an offensive, which claimed the lives of several soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, while those that managed to survive the onslaught, reportedly deserted.

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