Decrying the matter of insecurity in the country, among other issues, the Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum said that if Borno State is not peaceful then other parts of Nigeria will not be peaceful as well.
He says that the issue of insecurity should not be perceived as a problem of the north alone but as a national matter.
“We must stop seeing this insurgency as a problem of the north. The distance between Borno State and Lagos State is about 1,700km, but mind you if Borno State is not peaceful, other parts of the nation will never be peaceful. We have to unite and fight these insurgents. We have seen what happened in Libya, Iraq, and other countries. Peacebuilding and social cohesion are very important in strengthening the resilience of our communities.”
The governor, who was in Lagos on Friday at the Chief Gani Fawehinmi annual lecture with the theme, ‘The constitutional history of Nigeria’s dysfunction: Any pathway to indivisibility and common progress?’ said that children in the state of Borno are recruited into the Boko Haram insurgent group and are sponsored by “many people across the world”.
“I’m from Borno State, and many of our children are into Boko Haram. I’m not denying the fact. But again, they are being sponsored by many people across the world. Among Boko Haram, we have white men, Asians, Africans, Muslims and Christians.”
Credit: PressExpress