By Ameh Ejekwonyilo
Abuja
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state has, in the wake of another abduction in parts of Damboa local government area, directed the chairman of the affected local government and other government officials from the affected areas to make “very urgent but accurate enquiries from communities and report to him as soon as they can even as security agencies take appropriate actions.”
A Government House statement said “while the governor views the reported abduction with all the seriousness it deserves, he is also worried that weighty developments such as information concerning the abduction of 60 persons requires careful enquiry in order to obtain information that is comprehensive and beyond any reasonable doubt. The Governor is worried that only recently, leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association was reported refuting media reports that some 30 Fulani women were kidnapped at a community in Chibok.”
The Association relied on what it called comprehensive investigation that involved making enquiries from all of its members not only in the area the kidnap was said to have taken place but also in the entire Borno state.
