Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on
Friday delivered an emotion-laden statewide
broadcast where he expressed concern over the
security situation in the State.
The full text of the broadcast entitled, “Borno:
Our tears,Our Appeal,Our Destiny” read:
“In recent days and weeks, we have come under
renewed and augmented attacks, waged
against all of us, by an armed minority that
seeks to impose on us, a doctrine that is
completely at variance with the religion of
Islam which they claim to promote; a doctrine
that negates the dignity and existence of
humanity on earth, despite Allah’s decree in
the glorious Quran, that He has dignified the
human creature, prohibited unjust killings and
made the religion of Islam that which does not
sanction compulsion in a multi-faith society
like ours.
Several innocent communities in Gwoza,
Damboa, Askira/Uba, Marte, Chibok, Konduga,
Dikwa and the most recent, Bama, have had
young and old, amongst them children, weak
old men and women, killed in cold blood, their
homes destroyed and thousands forced to flee,
with some trekking over hurtful distances to
become refugees within and outside Borno
State. Our Capital City of Maiduguri is today
facing a heavy influx of refugees from the local
government areas in Borno. Borno citizens
have been forced to take refuge in parts of
Gombe and Adamawa States mainly on
account of man’s inhumanity to fellow man in
the gratuitous name of religion. These acts are
absolutely condemnable in the strongest of
terms.
Let me use this opportunity to once again,
extend my deepest sympathy to the families of
all those who lost their lives in these serial
massacres that are designed to send Borno
and its people into oblivion, but which will not
succeed insha Allah. I also express my very
deep sympathy to all victims who either lost
property or are taking refuge. Our heart as
Government is fully with each and every one of
you and we will do everything humanly
possible to support you, reclaim your
communities, rebuild them and give all of you
a new lease of life insha Allah. We will be
supporting you as a matter obligation to you
as good citizens. You have a right to be
supported in distress. You have even more
fundamental right to be protected from fear
and attack in the first place. The number one
duty of Government is to safeguard the lives
and property of the citizenry. However laudable
policies and programmes of Government could
be, no matter the beauty of infrastructures put
in place, they would all amount to less than
nothing if human lives are at not secured. As
Government, we are more than mindful of this
constitutional, moral and spiritual obligation.
As Governor of Borno State, I am un-forgetfully
aware that for every life that is lost in Borno
State, I will account before Allah on the Day of
Judgment if that life is lost on the basis of
deliberate failures on my part, to do what I
have the powers, resources and influence to do.
This administration has never and insha Allah
will never abdicate from its obligations to
citizens. We have done, and still doing
everything within the limits of our powers and
resources, to complement the duty of the
Federal Government to safeguard lives and
property. Immaterial as it may sound, we have
through combined efforts with the Military, the
Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State
Security; our youth volunteers called the
civilian JTF and other para-military
organizations averted so many planned
attacks. However, this assertion will hardly
make sense to most citizens, in a situation
where many attacks have been successfully
carried out with elevated mass killings and
destructions in the past and in very recent
days and weeks. Citizens have very legitimate
reasons to be aggrieved by the current
situation in Borno State. We are pained as
your Government. We are in this together. As
Governor, I feel a sense of not just
responsibility but an even personal loss
whenever any attack is recorded no matter
what part of the State is affected and who is or
are involved. We are in this together.
Borno state has been facing this Boko Haram
challenge since the four day war of July 2009
in Maiduguri when the Boko Haram waged its
major war on Borno’s soil. Haven been
defeated by our determined armed forces,
insurgents resorted to Guerrilla warfare in 2010
which has raged on in the last four years. At
least one third of our local government areas
have been affected by their attacks with
different degrees of intensity and periodic
occupation.
In the history of Borno since the 19th century,
this is however not the first threat to our
existence as a people. We had faced and
survived threats in years past and we shall
survive this insha Allah. We are confident of
victory through a reinforcement of our armed
forces and the collective will of all of us,
citizens, who are committed to defeating the
Boko Haram scourge. Collectively as a people,
we have exhibited great determination. Our
youth volunteers have made us proud. We are
all in this, fellow citizens. We all have roles to
play. One of these roles is the devoted offer of
prayers and ceaseless appeal to the Almighty
to make us victorious.
In the past, our armed forces have proven their
mettle even in global warfare where they were
in foreign terrain in the Second World War, in
the Congo, in Liberia, in Sierra Leon, in the
Sudan and elsewhere. Our armed forces have
also, during the Civil War, successfully saved
our country from dismemberment. Our armed
forces that have outstandingly proven their
capability in such difficult times can by the
grace Allah defeat the Boko Haram insurgency
with overwhelming federal reinforcement in all
areas of their needs. We strongly appeal to the
federal government to redouble its present
efforts so that the nation will be a historic
witness to speedy containment of the Boko
Haram insurgency. The Borno State
Government will continue to do whatever it can
to compliment the constitutional roles of the
Federal Government in this battle of ours.
Let me reassure the good people of Borno
State that measures have been taken by the
Federal Government based on information
available to us as Government. With these
steps; our combined efforts as State
Government and resilient people, we shall
overcome this tribulation. We must be very
forth coming with useful information on what
we hear or see because our safety start with
what we tell not what we keep or bury. Hiding
information that threatens us never helps us or
others. We must be very vigilant in all our
communities. We must take copious note of
anyone or anything strange around us but
without raising false alarm or spreading any
form of rumour that will cause panic. Let us try
to reach out to those in position of authority to
verify information concerning public safety or
related matters.
The Borno State Radio and Television is
working on a Television and Radio programme
designed with public telephone lines that can
be reached by citizens for enquiries on public
issues in relation to security, help in
orientation and mobilisation of victims, as well
as helping them in locating missing loved ones
and friends where there are such matters and
keeping citizens regularly updated on matters
affecting security, victims support and their
comfort. I appeal to other media houses to
kindly assist in this effort.
The Ministries concerned with Home Affairs
and Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs
are equally working with appropriate
authorities to make available public lines that
can be reached by any victim in search of
bearing.
The Ministry of Health has already put in place
a Mobile Task Force on Insurgency Victims
Health. The task force has established clinics
in victims camps and it is coordinating the
efficiency of the clinics to guarantee the
availability of health personnel at all times,
drugs, ambulances and other required
materials. The task force is moving round
Maiduguri and environs to source for and
attend to the health needs of victims on both
emergency and lesser cases; The Ministry has
my express permission to commit Government
in the event of any critical medical referral
need.
Government is not unaware of the multi-facet
effects of insurgent attacks on other spheres of
human lives in affected communities in terms
of food security, means of livelihood and
access to education among others.
Already, the State Government has taken
measures to acquire food stuffs for free
distribution to affected citizens. Government
has purchased thousands of bags of food stuffs
and more is being acquired. On the issue of
means of livelihood, the Secretary to the State
Government is to chair a High level and
Enlarged Victims Rehabilitation, Reintegration
and Support Team that will soon meet and
work with stakeholders in affected communities
to assist victims on a permanent measure.
On access to education, Government has
observed in recent time, a high scale
requirement of admissions into primary and
secondary school especially from guardians
who seek slots at orphanage schools in
Maiduguri and Biu in particular, for orphans
whose parents were killed as a result of the
insurgency.
Consequently, a team of respected academics,
school administrators and educationists have
been put in place and will be inaugurated by
me next week, with the mandate of coming up
with State Primary and Secondary Schools for
Special Citizens to be cited in Maiduguri and
Biu for the time being. The schools are to be
designed to accommodate high capacity of
pupils with modern boarding facilities. Every
child admitted into that school is to be on full
Government scholarship from basic to
University Education. Members of the public
willing to make donations will be entertained
to a ‘Adoption of child Education Programme’
though which kind citizens can adopt the
education of a child, two or more, through a
well organised system that can be monitored
by every sponsor. While the team is to fine
tune this idea, the Ministry of Education is
actively working to identify and enrol affected
children into temporary public schools in
Maiduguri and Biu and at same time, setting
up temporary sites for special schools so that
affected children can have immediate access to
education soon as schools open.
Fellow citizens, we shall at all times be
responsive to our duties as Government. We
are very much committed to doing just
everything that we can do. Borno State has
been in the eye of the storm; we have suffered
deaths, destruction and hardships on scales
never witnessed in the annals of our long and
glorious history. We have experienced
unprecedented sorrow, tears and blood. We
must all work for peace. To work for peace is
to covet and protect it. In seeking peace, those
of us who mean well for this State, must not
only remain united, we must strive to
consolidate this unity. Defeating the
insurgency is a collective task that must be
done, we must not be distracted. We must
remain united, focused and vigilant. I will
particularly like to direct this appeal to our
heroes, the galant and courageous youth
volunteers, the Civilian JTF. They must remain
united and focused more than ever before.
The Civilian JTF must at all times have at the
back of their minds that Allah (SWT) in his
infinite wisdom and mercy is using them to
support security agencies to rescue our state
from the advocates of hate and destruction.
The people of Borno are very grateful to them
for their undying love and sacrifices. As
Government which is holding the sacred
mandate of the people, we will remain
supportive of the civilian JTF as we have been.
Our support for the military, police and other
security agencies is that of a shared battle
against the forces of darkness. We shall
accelerate our focus on jobs creation to
discourage idleness and criminality. We shall
speed up ongoing infrastructures to deliver on
our promises to make Borno a better place, a
remodeled State, a great home we will all be
proud of. Borno is our home. This is why I
returned home amidst rumored fears held by
some residents on possible attacks on
Maiduguri. I cut short my official trip and
returned home so we can be together as we
have always been in trying to overcome the
threat before us. I am confident that together
we can overcome this challenge. Our condition
cannot be permanent, no condition, ever was.
We can overcome this problem with the right
attitude from the top to the bottom. Indeed we
can.
May Allah give us the fortitude to bear the loss
of those killed in this crisis, May He grant us
peace and guide those of us in leadership, to
work selflessly for Borno to become a better
place for all of us, and for our children.
Long live Borno State!
Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria!
I thank you very profoundly for your
tremendous support and for listening to me
today as you always did in the past.
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Shettima, Governor of Borno State and former
University lecturer, delivered this message in a
state-wide broadcast to the people of Borno
State on Friday, September 5,2014.
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Pipkin way say him mama nogo sleep
Him sef nogo sleep.

The governor is doing his best,he has NO security apparatus under his command. Just the vigilanteers he has influence over.