Boko Haram May Wipe Nigeria Off The Map, Borno Gov Zulum Warns
BOKO HARAM insurgency may wipe the entire Nigeria off the map if nothing is done to contain them, Borno State governor Babagana Zulum, has warned.
He said this while hosting the reconstituted management board of the North-East Development Commission at the Council Chambers of the Borno State Government House yesterday, the 30th of October.
According to him: “The position of Borno State on the map of Nigeria is very important to all of us. Borno State is bordering Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republic
“Our borders are so porous and maintaining security in the North-East subregion entails maintaining the security of the country. While North-West and North-Central are speaking about banditry and kidnapping, ours is Boko Haram and ISWAP
“The hub of Boko Haram and ISWAP is Borno State. We have to control them. We have to stop the younger ones from being recruited into Boko Haram and ISWAP otherwise in the near future the entire Nigeria will be wiped off the map.”
“In Borno State, in the year 2012, about 3.5 million people were displaced. We returned many but still, we have over one million people: internally displaced living in IDPS camps – that is increasing prostitution in IDP camps, that is increasing procreation without care in the IDP camps. There is drug abuse in the IDP camps.
“And therefore we want the intervention of the North-East Development Commission. We want you to partner with the state government for us to close these IDP camps so that people can earn their means of livelihood by themselves.
“Otherwise, many of the people will decide to join ISWAP and Boko Haram. These people who are living in IDP camps are a matter of great concern to all of us.”
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