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Governor
Zulum of Borno state has lashed out at the Nigerian military after over
30 passengers were abducted along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway.
 Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum
The Nigerian military has been berated for allowing the abduction of over 30 passengers along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway.
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum lashed out at the army over the incident.
He was angry that after kitting and equiping the security operatives, they refused to secure areas such as the highway.
The passengers were abducted by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members.
According to Punch, the governor, who visited Jakana, one of the
major towns along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, on Monday, faulted the
army for Friday’s abduction of over 30 travellers.
Zulum said it was disappointing that the majority of the attacks
within the last two years, took place between Auno and Jakana, a
distance of about 20 kilometers.
He said this in a statement on Monday titled, ‘Friday abductions:
Zulum visits Jakana, furious over routine attacks on Maiduguri-Damaturu
highway …Baffled with army’s failure to secure 20 kilometers’.
The statement quoted the governor as saying, “I have had
occasions to defend the Nigerian military in order to boost the morale
of commanders and their troops at the front lines because I know the
true picture of things, however, I am really disappointed that despite
all support from both the federal government and from us in Borno state,
our military is failing to secure an area of 20 kilometers, which is
the distance between Auno and Jakana.
“And incidentally, the majority of Boko Haram’s attacks along
this Maiduguri-Damaturu-Kano road, keeps happening between Auno and
Jakana. So, if the military cannot secure 20 kilometers, how can they
keep us with the hope they will defeat the Boko Haram?”
The governor also berated the army and his own state government
established rapid response squad which combines well-equipped policemen,
vigilantes, and local hunters, for lack of visibility along the
Maiduguri-Damaturu road.
“With all you (journalists) we drove from Maiduguri to here,
Jakana. We did not see soldiers on the road, we did not see even our own
rapid response squad on this road and they were trained, employed,
kitted, and paid to protect all Nigerians within their areas of
operation and these Nigerians include travelers plying this busy and
important road,” the governor noted.
He recalled that this year alone, the insurgents carried out many
attacks along Maiduguri-Damaturu-Kano road, including the one in
February, in which over 30 persons, including a nursing mother and an
infant, were burnt to death as travelers. |
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