{"id":64872,"date":"2014-11-13T17:50:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T17:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=64872"},"modified":"2014-11-13T17:50:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T17:50:09","slug":"boko-haram-loses-key-nigeria-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/boko-haram-loses-key-nigeria-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram ‘loses key Nigeria town’"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Nigerian army has recaptured the north-eastern town of Mubi from militant Islamist group Boko Haram, the state governor has said.<\/p>\n
A resident of the town confirmed this to the BBC, saying he had seen the bodies of many Boko Haram fighters.<\/p>\n
Mubi was the biggest town under the group’s control and is the first it has lost since August, when it declared a caliphate in areas it had seized.<\/p>\n
Boko Haram still controls several towns and villages in north-eastern Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Thousands have been killed since it launched its insurgency in 2009.<\/p>\n
Boko Haram last month dismissed the government’s claims to have agreed a ceasefire.<\/p>\n
The militants seized Mubi, the second largest town in the north-eastern Adamawa state, in October, renaming it Madinatul Islam – City of Islam.<\/p>\n
Residents there said militants imposed Islamic Sharia law and carried out executions and amputations.<\/p>\n