The Deputy Governor of Borno state,
Zanna Mustapha, said in Yola on
Monday that going by the ease with
which Boko Haram was capturing
territories in Adamawa, Borno and
Yobe, the three North-Eastern states
would soon be history.
“If the Federal Government does not
add extra effort, in the next two to
three months, the three North-
Eastern states will no longer be in
existence,” he said. “The Federal
Government has tried its best but
their best is not enough because
rather than going after the
insurgents, it is the insurgents that
are going after us. It is a big crime
that the criminals are better equipped
than the military and they are just
few kilometres from the Adamawa,
Borno and Yobe states capitals.”
The deputy governor was in
Adamawa to visit thousands of Borno
indigenes that were forced to leave
their state and schools following
Boko Haram attacks in Mubi.
He said the continuous occupation of
more towns by Boko Haram had
confirmed the Borno state governor’s
statement that the terrorists
possessed superior weapons.
He disclosed that 13 local
governments in Borno, three in
Adamawa and others in Yobe were
currently under the control of Boko
Haram. He said, going by intelligence
reports, if the Federal Government did
not step up its security measures the
fall of the three states would only be
a matter of days or weeks.
Mr. Mustapha expressed his doubts
on the purported ceasefire agreement
between the Federal Government and
the terrorists.
“We are yet to believe that there is a
ceasefire because the first day after
the announcement was made, over
30 people were killed in Borno State,
and (the terrorists) continued with
their rampage in Adamawa, Gombe
and only this morning there was a
bomb blast in Yobe,” he said. “Let us
appeal to the international
community to come to our rescue
otherwise in the next few months the
three states may not exist.”
Mr. Mustapha accused the
insurgents of committing war crimes,
saying they deployed anti-aircraft
missiles in killing the people against
international rules and conventions.
The Borno deputy governor spoke in
Yola shortly before a former Vice
President and Presidential aspirant,
Atiku Abubakar, lamented, in Abuja,
the ease with which towns in the
North-East were falling into the
hands of the insurgents.
Atiku wondered why the Nigerian
government was unable to
overwhelm Boko Haram despite the
claim by the administration that an
increase in the country’s security
budget would help relevant agencies
and the military tackle the
insurgency.
“The situation in which we find
ourselves today is grave,” the former
vice president said. “Much of Borno,
and the north of Adamawa and Yobe
states is already at the mercy of the
terrorists. It started a few months
ago with Bama, which is nearly 400
kilometres from Yola, capital of
Adamawa State.
“The next major town to be taken by
terrorists was Gwoza, where a
terrorist caliphate flag has long been
hoisted. Smaller towns near Gwoza
such as Pulka and Limankra are
equally not free. Next was Madagali.
The town is still being occupied.
Then fell Gulak. Next was Michika,
then Bazza. Next was the twin town
of Uba which is half Adamawa and
half Bornu. Its neighboring town of
Lassa was also overrun. Uba was the
latest town captured before the
terrorists trampled on Mubi. People
from these troubled areas are now
pouring into Yola for safety.
“As somebody who hails from
Adamawa State, you can appreciate
why I feel such emotion at the fate of
my people. For whatever reason, our
defence forces are unable to cope
and unable to defend. My sympathies
go out to the soldiers who find
themselves in a situation not of their
making. This is a crisis of
leadership.”
Also speaking in Yola, the Adamawa
state governor, Bala Ngilari, who had
earlier said the state was not under
siege, sympathized with the people
of the affected states.
“We are under siege for now,
although security agents are doing
their best,” he said. “With prayers,
very soon, Boko Haram will become a
thing of the past.”
He said that certain things in life, like
the Boko Haram insurgency, defied
logic.
“No matter the situation, one day it
will come to an end,” he said.
He noted that the Second World War,
in which about 20 million people
were killed, was now history.
“The reason why we are facing this
insurgency is because we have
offended God, and when the rest of
the world is going to space it’s
unfortunate that we are left behind,
plagued by insurgency and other
problems,” he said.


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Chineke!

Heheheheh, wen u guys were playing with fire, u forgot u were living in a thatched house abi?

Putrid fresh air.

The Nigerian millitary will soon crush Boko haram.

eunisam:
The Nigerian millitary will soon crush Boko haram.

Mr. former vice presido, am I sensing fear in you or are u just playing politics with what has been allegedly instigated by your cabal...just speculating, would be fun to realise u and ur cabal are finally slipping off from your comfort.......

tit:

tit

I just do hope this whole security challenge is not being politicized. The Nigeria Military that I grew up to know would have crushed this ragtags called bokos in no time if given the right encouragment and amunitions.

tit:

any negation?

Federal Government should just surrender some parcel of land to these bast*rds let's have some peace. They can be free to worship their gods the way they like. But they should return our girls in exchange.

Good news. Let's all clap for clueless uncle jona

Nigerian politicians deserve Oscar awards..... Dem sabi act.... Nor be d same zanna wey talk d same tin wen boko haram declare emirate for gwoza?? Dem need check dat guy o

The president should act now and fast.

Jonathan should simply sign a non aggression pact with BH where both parties would recognize each other.this would also imply seeing areas controlled by BH as boko haramia/haramstan,where the Islamic law they so much love would be practiced.
God bless the rising sun

eunisam:
The Nigerian millitary will soon crush Boko haram.

This has been the song since april 2014...

While we watch our gallant soldiers die everyday, because of some people playing politics with their lives...

Never put a Zoologist as Commander In Chief - Case study - Nigeria.

I think my next project will be to return to Nigeria with a contingent of US special forces of Nigerian origin(we have quite a huge number of them here) with the permission of the US govt of course, we need to teach this prags who dare to insult the proud institute of the military in Nigeria starting from top to bottom on how to wipe out insurgent ragheads.

Jonathan what is your plaan for Nigeria?

And we have a government that swore to protect, uphold and defend our territories.

2011-2015 will go down as the worst period of our democratic and national life

Give out your land to the terrorist and cry to me to shelter you later. Ok?


Self-inflicted injury.

President JonaTAN is the 'most useless' commander-in-chief in the whole world

barcanista:
And we have a government that swore to protect, uphold and defend our territories.

2011-2015 will go down as the worst period of our democratic and national life

But the Northerners called BH freedom fighters and demanded amnesty for them



Pls give them their sharia republic.


Dont you want ND republic again

barcanista:
And we have a government that swore to protect, uphold and defend our territories.

2011-2015 will go down as the worst period of our democratic and national life

Gombe is already receiving threat messages of a possible multi attack by BH
With the tings are going.
Troops fleeing there positions without a fight we myt be having a very ugly situation in our hands

It's the bitter truth. Where is the Army?... BH is just operating with impunity with little resistance, At least IS is being bombarded on a daily basis, if nothing is done about this, I'm afraid!

BlackTechnology:



But the Northerners called BH freedom fighters and demanded amnesty for them



Pls give them their sharia republic.


Dont you want ND republic again

Please let us be specific who said what.

Jonathan's Ambassador at large and Former PDP National Chairman, ALhaji Bamanga Tukur called BH Freedom Fighters.

Our PRESIDENT Jonathan inaugurated Committee for Boko Haram Amnesty.

So wetin be your point?

Ibnsultan:

Gombe is already receiving threat messages of a possible multi attack by BH
With the tings are going.
Troops fleeing their positions without a fight we myt be having a very ugly situation in our hands

So sad, but we don't have to give up, and pray that the President give good leadership to the military to tackle these BH. You know he is having little time left

fitzmayowa:


This has been the song since april 2014...

While we watch our gallant soldiers die everyday, because of some people playing politics with their lives...

very soon the song will be danceable.just buckle up to step when others are steping the step.