Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has said terrorist group, the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, should not be allowed to grow.
Zulum lamented that ISWAP members are more sophisticated, funded, and educated.
He stressed that Boko Haram would be a child’s play if ISWAP is allowed to grow in the Northeast.
Zulum spoke on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he appealed to the military to ensure it defeats ISWAP.
The governor warned that ISWAP is a threat to Nigeria.
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According to Zulum: ‘We shouldn’t allow ISWAP to grow. ISWAP are more sophisticated, more funded and they are more educated. And we shall do everything possible to defeat ISWAP’.
‘Otherwise, what Boko Haram did will be a child’s play. This is an early warning that the Nigerian Army has to restrategise and defeat ISWAP.
‘ISWAP will be a threat to the entire nation. Because of its proximity to Sub Saharan Africa, they are coming from Libya and others resettling here.’
In a bid to boost the fight against insecurity, Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum had recently ordered nine armoured personnel carriers for police operations in Malam-Fatori, a Nigerian border town with the Niger Republic.
Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Malam-Fatori, which was taken over by Boko Haram occupation in 2014, is the headquarters of Abadam Local Government Area in northern Borno and has a number of communities sharing borders with the Niger Republic. Insurgents controlled the place for about six years before the military liberated it.
Zulum had in Maiduguri, inspected the first batch of three of the nine APCs, with more expected to arrive at the state capital at a later date.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
