Borno: Despite recent killings, security has improved under Buhari

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State says security in the state has improved under President Muhammadu Buhari, in spite of penultimate Saturday’s killing of 43 rice farmers by Boko Haram.

Zulum spoke Monday in Maiduguri while receiving a high-powered delegation of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) led by its Chairman, Chief Audu Ogbeh and Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Ambassador Shehu Malami.

“From statewide statistics on affairs in the 27 local government areas since 2011, the fact is that despite the recent happenings in Borno State, the security situation in Borno State and indeed that of the entire North-East sub-region is still far better under Buhari, and this is based on records.

“For instance, unlike the years before Buhari when a number of local government were no-go-areas, we now have citizens led by our traditional rulers, safely back to Bama, Gwoza, Askira-Uba, Dikwa, Ngala, Monguno, Kukawa, Damboa, Konduga, Mafa, all of which no one could visit not talk of living there. Our emirs were all in exile. Today, Bama is coming back to life and so are Askira-Uba, Damboa, Gwoza, and others. Life is even returning go Baga. This was impossible before Buhari.

“In fact, it was not possible to move a few kilometers out of Maiduguri. Insurgents were so bold to attack and take over military facilities like the army barrack at Monguno, Bama, Giwa Barrack and Multinational Joint Task Force Headquarters at Baga to mention just a few.

“There were daily attacks bomb blasts in many parts of Maiduguri, the most populated part of the state but all of these have stopped under Buhari. These are the records and no one can dispute these records,” Zulum said in a statement released by the state government.