•Submits 10-point demand to President •Terrorists attack Auno village in the state •Buhari promises to equip military to battle B-Haram ABUJA—PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday met with the Borno State Governor, Ibrahim Shettima and elders from the state at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, as the governor broke down in tears recounting the resurgence of Boko Haram activities in the state. Wiping tears with his hands and with his voice cracking, the governor expressed confidence in the ability of the President to restore normalcy to the state and called for speedy action to end the crisis.
President Muhammadu Buhari (M) flanked by Chief of Staff Mallam Abba Kyari, NSA MAJ GEN Babagana Monguno, Chief of Defence Staff General Abayomi Olonisakin. On the right of the President is Borno State Governor, Alh Kashim Ibrahim Shettima, Borno State, APC Governor Candidate, Alhaji Babagana Umara-Zulum, Borno Elders among whom are Shehu of Dikwa, HRH Muhammad Masta 11 Ibn Alami El Kanemi, Emir of GWOZA HRH Mohammed Ibrahim Idris Timta, Emir of Shani, HRH Mohammed Nasir Mailafiya, Senator Abubakar Kyari, Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu, Former FCT Minister Arc Ibrahim Bunu, and others during a courtesy visit by delegation of Borno Elder at the State House in Abuja
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However, while the Borno elders were meeting with the President in Abuja, Auno, a village in the State, was attacked by Boko Haram. Shettima said: “Borno State suffered its worst times between 2013 and 2014. In that period, Boko Haram abducted our children, attacked and took firm control of 20 of the 27 local government areas of Borno. “In these 20 local government areas, they established caliphates and put in place sovereign administrators who strictly enforced tax systems and violent laws. They abused our young daughters. They forced young men to join their fighters. “They turned old men, women into domestic slaves and they publicly executed parents in the presence of their children and wives for allegedly offending laws that are even alien to the religion of Islam. While administering our 20 local government areas, Boko Haram operated from council local secretariats in headquarters of local government areas and lived in palaces of traditional rulers, military barracks and police stations. “On the other hand, from 2015 to 2018, the Nigerian military with you as Commander-in-Chief, was able to liberate all the 20 local government areas hitherto under the Boko Haram. The military even took control of Boko Haram’s main operational base in the Sambisa forest. “With these successes, Borno State government was able to rebuild more than 30,000 homes in various communities with all public facilities restored. “With Mr. President’s leadership, many of our hitherto displaced brothers and sisters, including some of our traditional rulers, voluntarily returned to rebuilt communities in 14 local government areas, including Bama. “Mr. President, I recollected all these for the sole purpose of establishing the irony in our visit today. As I explained, between 2013 and 2014, we witnessed the most daring and most vicious evil of the Boko Haram, losing 20 local government areas. Why we rushed to Aso Rock — Shettima “However, we rushed here because Boko Haram threatened to retake Kukawa. And Kukawa is just one of the 20 local government areas we had lost in the past but which the military regained under your leadership. “Mr. President, the truth is that in the past, we were regarded as the problem rather than the victims. Government, elders and the people of Borno State were seen as undermining the war on Boko Haram. We were treated with suspicion.
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President Muhammadu Buhari (M) flanked by Chief of Staff Mallam Abba Kyari, NSA MAJ GEN Babagana Monguno, Chief of Defence Staff General Abayomi Olonisakin. On the right of the President is Borno State Governor, Alh Kashim Ibrahim Shettima, Borno State, APC Governor Candidate, Alhaji Babagana Umara-Zulum, Borno Elders among whom are Shehu of Dikwa, HRH Muhammad Masta 11 Ibn Alami El Kanemi, Emir of GWOZA HRH Mohammed Ibrahim Idris Timta, Emir of Shani, HRH Mohammed Nasir Mailafiya, Senator Abubakar Kyari, Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu, Former FCT Minister Arc Ibrahim Bunu, and others during a courtesy visit by delegation of Borno Elder at the State House in Abuja
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/gov-shettima-weeps-at-aso-rock-says-insurgents-are-threatening-to-take-over/
However, while the Borno elders were meeting with the President in Abuja, Auno, a village in the State, was attacked by Boko Haram. Shettima said: “Borno State suffered its worst times between 2013 and 2014. In that period, Boko Haram abducted our children, attacked and took firm control of 20 of the 27 local government areas of Borno. “In these 20 local government areas, they established caliphates and put in place sovereign administrators who strictly enforced tax systems and violent laws. They abused our young daughters. They forced young men to join their fighters. “They turned old men, women into domestic slaves and they publicly executed parents in the presence of their children and wives for allegedly offending laws that are even alien to the religion of Islam. While administering our 20 local government areas, Boko Haram operated from council local secretariats in headquarters of local government areas and lived in palaces of traditional rulers, military barracks and police stations. “On the other hand, from 2015 to 2018, the Nigerian military with you as Commander-in-Chief, was able to liberate all the 20 local government areas hitherto under the Boko Haram. The military even took control of Boko Haram’s main operational base in the Sambisa forest. “With these successes, Borno State government was able to rebuild more than 30,000 homes in various communities with all public facilities restored. “With Mr. President’s leadership, many of our hitherto displaced brothers and sisters, including some of our traditional rulers, voluntarily returned to rebuilt communities in 14 local government areas, including Bama. “Mr. President, I recollected all these for the sole purpose of establishing the irony in our visit today. As I explained, between 2013 and 2014, we witnessed the most daring and most vicious evil of the Boko Haram, losing 20 local government areas. Why we rushed to Aso Rock — Shettima “However, we rushed here because Boko Haram threatened to retake Kukawa. And Kukawa is just one of the 20 local government areas we had lost in the past but which the military regained under your leadership. “Mr. President, the truth is that in the past, we were regarded as the problem rather than the victims. Government, elders and the people of Borno State were seen as undermining the war on Boko Haram. We were treated with suspicion.
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/gov-shettima-weeps-at-aso-rock-says-insurgents-are-threatening-to-take-over/
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