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Boko Haram: Shettima breaks down in tears, pleads for urgent intervention

Kabir Usman by Kabir Usman
January 8, 2019
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Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Monday met with President Muhammadu Buhari and the service chiefs over the renewed Boko Haram insurgency

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Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Monday met with President Muhammadu Buhari and the service chiefs over the renewed Boko Haram insurgency in the state.

Shedding tears before all present at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, he urged the President to do all within his powers to stop the insurgents, whom he said, now attack communities at will.

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The governor said he was at the Villa in the company of Borno elders to meet with Buhari in order to find ways of addressing the increased spate of attacks by Boko Haram.

Others at the meeting were the National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno, rtd.; who is also from Borno State; Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin; acting Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar; and the Director General of the Department for State Services, Yussuf Bitchi.

Addressing the President and the Service Chiefs, Shettima reminded Buhari of some resolutions reached at an extraordinary security meeting held in Borno State a week before and the need for the urgent implement of those.

Overwhelmed by emotions, the governor broke down in tears which freely rolled down his cheeks.

Amidst sobs, he said: “Between 2013 and 2014, we witnessed the most daring and most vicious evil of the Boko Haram, losing 20 local government areas.

“However, we rushed here because of the recent upsurge in the activities of the demented monster called Boko Haram, especially in Borno North Senatorial District. We are here because since 2015, Mr President, you have been able to restore our hope.

“Sir, you have demonstrated empathy for Borno and the overriding commitment to ending the Boko Haram. This is why we rushed here on witnessing some setbacks.

“We are here because we thought that Allah will use you to fully reclaim Borno traditional glory of being the home of peace. We are here as a people who worked, prayed and waited for your Presidency in the firm belief that with you as the Commander-in-Chief, Boko Haram will become history in Borno.

“Mr President, we have not, and Insha Allah, we will not lose hope in you because we have witnessed and survived worse moments before you came. We do not feel hopeless. Our hopes are very much alive and they are very high.

“We came with some observations and 10 requests for urgent presidential intervention. These observations and requests are products of discussion in the aftermath of our extraordinary security meeting held one week ago.

“We didn’t rush to come after the meeting. We felt the need to travel to northern Borno, interact with displaced persons and the military so as to strengthen public confidence.

“I will seek the understanding of journalists by not making public any of our observations and 10 requests.

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“They are matters of security which we hope to discuss with Mr President behind closed-door.”

At this point, journalists were excused from the meeting.

The Presidency, however, in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, after the meeting, said Buhari reassured Kashim Shettima that his administration would strengthen the Nigerian military to neutralise the insurgents in the North-East.

It added that Buhari thanked the visitors for their support in the anti-insurgency war and further assured them visitors that the security and safety of all citizens remained his primary concern.

Also in a statement in Maiduguri, spokesman to Gov. Kashim Shettima, Mallam Isa Gusau, stated that the delegation presented a letter containing security-related “observations” and 10 undisclosed demands to the President.

He said the demands were connected to measures, which the delegation believed if adhered to, would help in the efforts to end insurgency in the area.

Tags: Boko HaramKashim ShettimaMuhammadu BuhariNorth East
Kabir Usman

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