Breaking: APC Governor Reveals When Boko Haram Insurgency Will End
- The governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum has declared that insurgency would end in Nigeria under his tenure
- Zulum made this known in Abuja, on Thursday, February 10, after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari
- According to him, more than 30,000 former fighters have surrendered and are now in the custody of the authorities
Abuja - Amid the massive laying down of weapons by the Boko Haram terrorists, insurgency “God willing” will end by 2023, according to Professor Babagana Zulum.
Vanguard reports that the Borno state governor made the declaration on Thursday, February 10, after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
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Zulum told State House correspondents expressed confidence that the challenges posed by the insurgents will end within the duration of his tenure which expires next year.
On his meeating with the Nigerian leader, Zulum said he was at the State House to apprise Buhari on the progress in the surrendering of Boko Haram terrorists, Channels TV added.
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According to the governor, over 30,000 former fighters have now surrendered and are in the custody of the authorities.
While noting that the Borno state government does not offer any incentive to the fighters to surrender, Zulum insists that kinetic measures alone will not end the war. He advised that political solution be applied.
Buhari's govt uncovers 96 Boko Haram, ISWAP sponsors
In a previous report by Legit.ng, the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday, February 3, said the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has uncovered 96 financiers of Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP).
Mohammed at a briefing on the anti-corruption fight of President Muhammadu Buhari also revealed that the NFIU has exposed 424 associates/supporters of the financiers, 123 firms, and 33 bureaux de change linked with insurgency.
Even more, the minister disclosed that the agency has identified 26 suspected bandits/kidnappers and seven accomplices, adding that 45 of the suspects will soon be prosecuted.
Boko Haram, ISWAP members in disarray as troops launch fresh attack, kill many
Meanwhile, troops of the Nigerian Military under the theatre Operation HADIN KAI have in the last few weeks neutralized 120 fighters.
This was revealed by Major-General Bernard Onyeuko, the director, of defence media operations on Thursday, February 10, attended by a Legit.ng reporter in Abuja.
He said the troops arrested 50 of the terrorists, 5 gun trucks, 50 assorted arms and 200 rounds of different calibres of ammunition were captured from the terrorists.
Source: Legit.ng
