No part of Borno under Boko Haram occupation – Shettima

Borno state Governor, Kashim Shettima, yesterday insisted that there is no any part of the state under Boko Haram occupation as being insinuated by enemies of progress.
The governor said, although there were pockets of attacks on soft targets by the defeated insurgents, the military and other security agencies deserved commendation to encourage them for a total restoration of peace and order in the state in particular and the Northeast in general.
Shettima stated this when the newly appointed Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Brig.- Gen Abdulmalik Bulama Biu, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, Maiduguri.
“As Chief Security Officer in Borno state, I am grateful to President Mohammed Buhari, the Military, Security agencies, stakeholders and people of the state for their sustained effort towards the fight against Boko Haram.
“In the last four years, our major highways that link us with other parts of the country and the entire state were under siege, but we are proud of our President and the Nigerian Army for bringing sanity and peace to our dear state.
“I am personally saddened by some Borno oppositions/ politicians, who have relocated to Abuja, Lagos and other places during the peak of the insurgency and have been making unnecessary noise regarding the calamities that befell us.
“Instead of them to pray while they relocated, they were busy raising unnecessary critics on us as government, but thank God that all their bad plan against this government end up hitting the rock.
“As government, our doors will always remain open for military to fraternise and see how we continue give our maximum support and cooperation to end Boko Haram Madness in our dear state,” Shettima stated.
He told the new GOC that, being son of the soil who has versatile knowledge on the nooks and crannies of the state, troops under his watch should consolidate on the remarkable achievements recorded to end the lingering crisis.
Earlier, the new GOC said, he was at the Government House to officially register his presence alongside his lieutenants.
General Biu said, “I am here for three issues; first is to thank Your Excellency for the support you have been providing in the business of security, present myself to you and the people of the state on my preparedness to rapidly achieve the much desired peace we are all reigning for, and to seek for your sustainable effort in supporting the military.
“I came with an open mind, ready to contribute beyond the call of my duty.
Under my watch, we will continue to respect the rules of engagement so that the rights of the people will not be truncated by our sacrificial troops, as we collectively team up to end Boko Haram,” Biu said.

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