Recapture Kukawa from Boko Haram - Borno governor Zulum begs military
- Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has begged security operatives to double efforts on the fight against insurgents in the northeast
- Boko Haram insurgents have been terrorising the zone in the last few years
- Zulum, however, urged the army to recapture Kukawa local government from the insurgents
The security operatives in the northeast region of the country have been urged to recapture Kukawa local government area of Borno state from insurgents and restore security to Abadan and Marte local government areas of the state.
Daily Trust reports that the appeal was made on Monday, December 16, by Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum.
Legit.ng gathered that he said this would expedite rebooting of economic activities in the Lake Chad region.
The governor spoke in Maiduguri when the minister of defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, visited to assess the counterinsurgency operations.
He said: “Under Kukawa local government area, Baga, Cross-Kauwa and Kukawa town itself need to be retaken; there must be military presence and with the resettlement of communities back in these three locations with immediate effect.
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“This will rejuvenate the economy of this region and it will reduce the menace of insurgency; because right now, we have over 500,000 people in Monguno without doing anything, we have 300,000 in Gajiram who are not doing anything, we have about 150,000 people in Mobar staying idle; this is serious threat to us."
Zulum said that the road between Maiduguri and Gamboru Ngala was very important to the state, adding that there have not been commercial activities going in this road in the last three to four years.
“There are no major activities on Maiduguri-Baga road for the last three to four years…Right now, people are conveying fish to the Republics of Chad and Cameroon; they are taking fish from the shores of Nigeria to these countries and importing it back to Nigeria again," he said.
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The minister had said the military would redesign the insurgency battle to suit the environment. He assured that the troops would take the battle to the enclaves of the insurgents.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that Zulum said that the whereabouts of the Boko Haram terrorists was well known to both security agencies, monarchs and most members of the public in the state.
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