Boko Haram Regrouping In North-East Again, Says Ndume

Former Senate Leader Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) has
revealed that the Boko Haram insurgency is regaining momentum in
the three northeastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan hails from Yobe. Other ranking
politicians in Nigeria are from the three affected northeastern
states.

Senator Ndume, addressing reporters in Abuja on Tuesday soon
after his bill on the establishment of a Federal College of
Education in Gwoza scaled a second reading, said many villages and
towns are being overrun by the insurgents in Nigeria’s northeast
region.

He called on the federal government to do more to protect the
people and restore law and order. The senator from Borno complained
that the state is still without power supply for three months, and
called on appropriate authorities to fix the problem.

The Senate Committee Chairman on the Army gave an insight into
why bandits and insurgents are targeting schools, saying schools
make for an easy target where a large number of people can be
readily abducted.

The current spate of insecurity in the country, regardless, he
said, should not deter the government from establishing more higher
institutions across the country. He said the demand for higher
education was on the rise and urged the government to respond to
the demand.

‘What the rest of the country is experiencing is what we have
been having in Borno. Today, no place is safe in Nigeria.
Government really needs to step up and ensure that we are safe.
This can’t continue like this. We need to act,’ the senator
said.

‘Just a few days ago, Boko Haram terrorists overran a place just
about 30 kilometres from Maiduguri. A Major in the Army and
soldiers were killed. Recently too, about 35 soldiers were killed
by insurgents along that Maiduguri-Damaturu road.

‘In fact, in that village that was overrun by the insurgents, it
took the intervention of a combined Military operation to regain
it. This is a common thing in the northeast now. We want peace in
Nigeria and the government must do everything possible to restore
law and order.’

Former Senate Leader Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) has
revealed that the Boko Haram insurgency is regaining momentum in
the three northeastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan hails from Yobe. Other ranking
politicians in Nigeria are from the three affected northeastern
states.

Senator Ndume, addressing reporters in Abuja on Tuesday soon
after his bill on the establishment of a Federal College of
Education in Gwoza scaled a second reading, said many villages and
towns are being overrun by the insurgents in Nigeria’s northeast
region.

He called on the federal government to do more to protect the
people and restore law and order. The senator from Borno complained
that the state is still without power supply for three months, and
called on appropriate authorities to fix the problem.

The Senate Committee Chairman on the Army gave an insight into
why bandits and insurgents are targeting schools, saying schools
make for an easy target where a large number of people can be
readily abducted.

The current spate of insecurity in the country, regardless, he
said, should not deter the government from establishing more higher
institutions across the country. He said the demand for higher
education was on the rise and urged the government to respond to
the demand.

‘What the rest of the country is experiencing is what we have
been having in Borno. Today, no place is safe in Nigeria.
Government really needs to step up and ensure that we are safe.
This can’t continue like this. We need to act,’ the senator
said.

‘Just a few days ago, Boko Haram terrorists overran a place just
about 30 kilometres from Maiduguri. A Major in the Army and
soldiers were killed. Recently too, about 35 soldiers were killed
by insurgents along that Maiduguri-Damaturu road.

‘In fact, in that village that was overrun by the insurgents, it
took the intervention of a combined Military operation to regain
it. This is a common thing in the northeast now. We want peace in
Nigeria and the government must do everything possible to restore
law and order.’