President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday took his campaign train to the city of Maiduguri, Borno State capital, where he told the electorate that his re-election would, amongst other things, bring about a speedy end to the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency.

At the palace of the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Shehu Garba El-kanemi, where he went to pay homage, the president told the royal fatherthat his administration would raise one billion dollars to support over one million victims of Boko Haram. He also added that destroyed communities would be rebuilt. He also promised to do everything possible to rescue the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.

The president said if given a second chance, he would provide special interventions that would provide job opportunities for the people of the state especially those affected by insurgency.

Jonathan, whose aircraft arrived Maiduguri at about 1pm, was received by a mammoth crowd of supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by the minister of Power and Steel, Barrister Muhammed Wakil as well as former governor of Borno State, Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff.

Vice President, Namadi Sambo and the National Chairman of the PDP, Adamu Ahmed Muazu were conspicuously absent during the visit.

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