Insurgency: Nigeria risks losing Borno, North East to terrorists – Ndume

Former Senate Leader Ali Ndume said Nigeria is astatine hazard of losing Borno and North East territorial sovereignty to terrorists.

This comes arsenic Ndume urged the national authorities to guarantee that the Nigerian Army is afloat equipped to triumph the conflict against insurgency and banditry.

The legislator representing Borno South made the telephone connected Tuesday.

Recall that successful caller weeks, the Boko Haram sect, successful conjunction with the Islamic State–West Africa Province (ISWAP), carried retired coordinated attacks successful the Ngoshe assemblage successful the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, sidesplitting immoderate soldiers, the colony head, and respective assemblage elders, including a woman.

After visiting the affected Ngoshe and Pulka communities successful the institution of the Borno State Government, Governor Professor Babagana Zulum, and Ndume expressed sedate interest implicit the insecurity concern successful the region.

According to him, the subject was initially overwhelmed by the superior firepower of the violent groups.

He said, “I americium calling connected the national authorities to treble its efforts successful equipping the Army with blase arms and ammunition.

“I gathered that our soldiers lacked capable ammunition, and they retreated from Ngoshe and Pulka due to the fact that the terrorists overwhelmed them. It was lone days aft reinforcements arrived that they regained control. ...