The lawmaker representing Borno
South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has revealed that the Boko Haram faction
holding Leah Sharibu in captive are pressing for ransom.
Ndume said this while calling on
the Nigerian Army to extend its anti-terrorism operations to the fringes of the
Sambisa Forest and Mandara mountains.
The Senator commended the
military for their response to the recent attacks on Borno State but noted that
the activities of attackers had increased recently.
Ndume, while speaking with Punch,
expressed suspicion that the Boko Haram faction that abducted the Dapchi girls,
must have been responsible for the recent attacks in the state.
He said, “The stronger ones who
still have the audacity to carry out major attacks are those from Mohammed
Nuru’s Boko Haram faction that is operating from the fringes, which is the
group that we are suspecting got money from the negotiation for the release of
the Dapchi schoolgirls.
“Now they are psychologically
pressing for more money through propaganda by using Leah Sharibu.
“Yes, this is true because they
must get money to carry out their operations, and the only source of money is
the ransom paid to them. But then, the government is in a tight situation.”
He added, “I don’t know exactly
what is happening. The truth of the matter is that there is a resurface or
escalation of intermittent attacks by the insurgents, over which I have raised
the alarm and to which I have called the attention of the authorities.
“But I am happy with the response
of the Nigerian Army particularly after the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur
Buratai, ordered and relocated the operational headquarters of the Army to
Gozombali in Guzama Local Government Area. That is very commendable.
“I am hoping that at the same
time they will also increase and intensify the fight against insurgency in
other blackspots in the Sambisa Forest and the Mandara Mountains in Gworza
Local Government Area.”
really?! how comes the senator knows much about the insurgents? i guess he must be in the forefront of the people fighting them(bokoharam) i.e the military..or he is with the opposing force and, perhaps we can say he knows more than he is revealing. gosh!!! i can never be the only one seeing this. the senator is even putting some impressions in the head of Nigerians and giving clues and suggestions as to what the Federal government should do. you can fool some people some times but you cannot fool all the people all the times. one thing i know is that "THE WICKED CAN'T GO UNPUNISHED". God does not hate us(Nigerian) #ThankGodforGodcosHeiswatching
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