Zulum Seeks Deployment Of Soldiers To Borno Border Communities

Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has appealed to the Federal Government and the subject authorities to deploy soldiers to borderline communities successful Borno State specified arsenic Kirawa, Wulgo, Baga, Damasak, Malam Fatori, among others, considering their economical value to the State and the state successful general.

Zulum made the entreaty connected Friday erstwhile helium visited Kirawa assemblage successful Gwoza section authorities country of the State to sympathise with members of the assemblage pursuing Monday nighttime onslaught wherever 2 persons died aft Boko Haram terrorists burnt the location of the territory caput of Kirawa, arsenic good arsenic burning implicit 50 houses and vehicles, including dense work equipment.

The governor, during his sympathy sojourn to the effected people, promised to rehabilitate each the burnt houses, rebuild the burnt dispensary to a befitting General Hospital and look into the anticipation of compensating the victims whose houses and shops were burnt.

He said aft a closed-door gathering with the Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division of the Nigerian Army and the Force Commander Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), they each agreed that wrong the shorted play of clip soldiers would beryllium deployed to Kirawa.

The politician regretted that his erstwhile notification of the Nigerian subject of the dangers of leaving the borderline communities without information arsenic good arsenic his petition for deployment of troops to the communities did not person desired attention.

“Kirawa was established astir 7 years agone with the enactment of the Cameroonian soldiers, but unfortunately, immoderate months ago, the Cameroonian soldiers were displaced by the insurgents. I person duly notified the Nigerian subject of the dangers of leaving the borderline towns without security.

“Wulgo, Kirwa, Baga, Damasak, Malam Fatori, among others, are borderline communities that person to beryllium protected due to the fact that of their importance. But unfortunately, my petition for their extortion did not person the desired attention.

“Some fewer days ago, the terrorists came to Kirawa and vandalised everything. Fortunately enough, lone 2 lives were lost. But immoderate houses and vehicles, including dense work equipment, were burnt down, but convey God not overmuch lives were lost.

“I privation to guarantee the radical of Kirawa that we volition rebuild the burnt dispensary to a befitting General Hospital. Aside that, we volition rehabilitate each the houses that were burnt, and look into the anticipation of compensating members of the communities that person been affected by the destructions,” Zulum said.

The politician urged the youths successful the assemblage to exposure terrorists’ collaborators successful their midst and articulation hands with information agencies successful protecting their community.

He promised to connection jobs to youths successful the assemblage with acquisition qualifications arsenic good arsenic empowering women.

The territory caput of the community, Abdulrahaman Abubakar, appreciated Governor Zulum for coming to sympathise with them implicit the onslaught and promised that the people, successful collaboration with information agents and the Civilian Joint Task, volition articulation hands with the subject successful protecting the community.