After fresh Borno killing, Ndume seeks deployment of troops to safeguard Nigeria’s border

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri

Former Chairman Senate Committee connected Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has called connected subject authorities to deploy troops to Kirawa successful Borno State and its neighbouring communities.

This followed Friday’s Boko Haram ambush on the Kirawa-Pulka roadworthy astatine astir 3:00 pm, which claimed the beingness of a subordinate of the civilian Joint Task Force, JTF, and near motorists arsenic good arsenic passengers injured.

While lamenting the incident, yesterday, Ndume said that since past month’s onslaught connected a Camerounian subject basal successful Kirawa, determination has been nary subject beingness astir the border.

Ndume, who appreciated the committedness of Nigerian troops to warring Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, said the radical successful Kirawa and different borderline communities successful Gwoza were surviving successful fearfulness owed to a deficiency of security.

He said: “It is precise disheartening to person a distress telephone that immoderate equipped Boko Haram terrorists laid an ambush connected motorists and passengers on the Kirawa-Pulka roadworthy yesterday. The victims were escorted by a fewer members of the Civilian Joint Task Force arsenic determination is nary subject escort owed to the dislodgement of Camerounian troops based successful Kirawa past month.

“Unfortunately, 1 of our brave civilian Joint Task Force was killed during speech of gunfire successful the ambush, galore victims are nary wherever to beryllium recovered arsenic I speak.

Atleast six vehicles including 2 Golf Volkswagen Saloon, a bus, and 3 trucks were acceptable ablaze during the attack. Let maine besides entreaty to the subject authorities to deploy troops, adjacent it is simply a platoon to safeguard Kirawa and its people, because, my radical are present surviving successful perpetual fearfulness since dislodgement of Camerounian troops based successful Kirawa past month.”

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