Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum. Photo:
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Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has condemned
police brutality in the country.
Speaking on Friday during a meeting with President Muhammadu
Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Zulum warned Nigerian
youths against escalating protests.
“Let me also use this opportunity to condemn police brutality in
other parts of the nation. Let me use this opportunity to condemn
the killings in Lekki,” he said
“I will also use this opportunity to condemn the excesses of
some of the Nigerian youths in taking the laws into their hands by
destroying some of our basic infrastructures.
“I am calling all Nigerians, especially the youths to be very
careful. The whole Boko Haram saga started as a result of a protest
by some youths of Maiduguri against the use of helmets by
motorcycle riders. You have seen the situation now.”
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The governor also blamed poverty as one of the root causes of
the insurgency that has gripped the north-eastern part of the
country for 11 years.
He, therefore, called on the government at all levels to avail
the young people of employment opportunities, adding that military
exercise is not sufficient enough in tackling terrorism in the
region.
“One of the greatest root cause of insurgency is poverty.
Government at all levels need to provide job opportunities to the
youths, enabling environment for the poor to have access to their
farmlands.
“This is the only solution. Military solution alone will not
solve the problem,” Governor Zulum said.