Zulum worries, says terrorists may upturn security efforts in Borno

Governor Babagana Zulum Borno State has expressed concerns that if the Military does not scale up security around borders communities, the security situations at the border areas and the Borno State might get worse.

The governor expressed the fear following the rampaging attacks by the outlawed Group, the Boko Haram terrorists and its arch-rival Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) fighters which occurred around Bama and Gwoza axis in Borno State recently.

BusinessDay had reported how the terrorists attacked several locations, including Darajamal in Bama Local Government Area and Banki and Kirawa on fringe of Nigeria-Cameroon border community in Bama and Gwoza Local Government Areas, claiming the livies of over 65 civilians aside wanton private and public structures raze down.

Also, Governors Babagana Zulum of Nigeria’s Borno State and Mahamadou Ibrahim Bagadoma of Niger Republic’s Diffa Region had last Wednesday held a closed-door meeting in Diffa to re-strategise and find lasting security solutions around the Lake Chad shores.

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Their discussions reportedly centered on joint patrols, intelligence sharing, and sustaining the recent gains that had pushed insurgents out of many of their former strongholds.

But, speaking on the frightening resurgence of terror attacks, Governor Zulum charged the Nigerian Armed Forces to scale up military operations in Borno State to avert the possibility of terrorists reversing the gains recorded so far.

“𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩e𝘴e 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯s 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 which are borders community Wulgo, Kirawa, Baga, Damasak, Malamfatori, and others are borders community that has to be protected because of significant of these communities.

“𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 and two days ago you have seen these terrorists came to this town and destroyed everything.

“I am appealing to the Nigerian Armed Forces to be more committed. Above all, we need military operations. For sometime, military operations were not conducted in Borno State.

“This has been instrumental to the renewed insurgency. We need to take note of one very important thing, continued military operations. There is need for us to sustain our military operations”, Governor Zulum said.