At great risk to his life, the governor has burst the headlines with his singleminded commitment to bringing succour to his people scattered in various internally displaced persons camps all over Borno State. His convoy has been attacked on three occasions. Many people have been pleading with him to tread softly because he is more useful to the struggle alive than dead.
At great risk to his life, the governor has burst the headlines with his singleminded commitment to bringing succour to his people scattered in various internally displaced persons camps all over Borno State. His convoy has been attacked on three occasions. Many people have been pleading with him to tread softly because he is more useful to the struggle alive than dead.
Was it sabotage, occasioned by the determination of some soldiers to prevent Governor Zulum from prying into their alleged lucrative fishing business in Baga, or was it a case of poor communication between the soldiers in Mr. Zulum’s convoy and those on the ground in the area? The army has since denied that its men had a hand in the attack and fences seemed mended.
“The insurgents first attacked his convoy and other vehicles conveying government officials on Friday, killing about 30 persons. Barely 48 hours after, on Sunday, they ambushed the governor’s convoy again, while he was departing Baga town in Kukawa local government area… We were on our way from Monguno to Baga when terrorists detonated improvised explosive devices at three different locations. All the bombs went off at the same time. Then they followed up with gunshots….
Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, joined his colleagues to pay a solidarity visit to Zulum. “This is not the first time you have been attacked”, said Fayemi, “but you always said to me and to a lot of our colleagues that it is God that will protect. Even when we say to you, ‘Prof, you have to be careful, you have to be vigilant, you have to protect yourself’, you always reply by saying, ‘What about the people? It is my duty.
The Shehu of Borno, spiritual father of the State, is as exasperated as many of the top elite of the area, many of who have abandoned their ancestral villages.
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