Boko Haram has asked the displaced residents of communities it
took over in Adamawa state to return to their homes.
The terrorist group assured the residents of better security in the
“Islamic Caliphate than in Nigerian territories”.
A resident of Uba town, Salisu Baba, said normal activities have
started picking up in the captured territories as Boko Haram
enjoined residents to go about their normal activities and open
their shops for business.
Mr. Baba said the insurgents have assured them of security and
freedom.
He said unlike in other parts of the state where curfew has been
imposed and people prevented from riding motorcycles, the
insurgents have assured residents of free movement at anytime
of the day.
“(The terrorists) are threatening that anyone who fails to open
their shop will have it broken into,” he said.
The Deputy Governor of Borno state, Zanna Mustapha, had 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.”
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.
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.

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This has gotten severely out of hand, and I think the government needs to step up its effort in curbing this great threat to not just our survival as a nation, but a threat to national/territorial integrity.

Should the government allow this to continue, then it should expect uprising from other parts of the country who would build on the feats of the boko boys to unleash even greater terror.

I expect all Nigerians to rise up against this group. Running back to our homes and basking in the euphoria that their activities are far removed from our enclaves won't do anyone any good.

He whose neighbour's house is one fire better keep watch.

The fall of all the northern state won't satisfy them, it would only encourage them to capture the whole Nigeria. We all know where that would keep us.

Thank you.

If only people will face reality and see that we are all sitting on a time bomb.