The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday raised the alarm over the activities of an unnamed political cabal, which he inculpated of undermining the war against terrorism in his state.
He incriminated the cabal of working strenuously to eradicate the subsisting harmony between him, the Presidency and the security accommodations, especially the military.
Shettima verbalized in a verbalization by his Special Adviser on Communications, Mr. Bello Gusau.
He inculpated the unnamed members of the cabal of top politicians from the state of endeavoring to drag the military into politics and undermining the joint efforts to combat terrorism in the troubled state.
The governor withal verbally expressed the cabal was at the same time endeavoring to utilize the media to ravage the harmonious working relationship between the state and the Presidency.
The verbal expression partly read, “The cabal, composed of some discontented politicians, some accommodating and former bellwethers, has a single agenda which is to engender quandaries between the Presidency, military and the Borno State Regime in order to dubiously secure the political benedictions of the Presidency and top ranks of the military with a view to seizing control of the military, the police force and State Security Accommodation, divert the security’s attention away from counter insurgency, drag them into politics, destabilise the polity and use security agencies in furthering their political ambitions ahead of the 2015 elections.”
It additionally inculpated the cabal of deploying all possible betokens, including publishing falsehoods and spreading same on the convivial media, to inculpate the state regime of so many wrongdoings, including unimaginable financial misappropriation.
Shetima verbally expressed the notional theorizations making the rounds that he had vowed to undermine President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 re-election bid was a component of the plot to break the relationship between him and the President.
The verbalization dissociated the governor from a Facebook account, bearing the denomination and picture of Governor Kashim Shettima.
It expounded that the group went as far as publishing a mendacious interview with a certain Boko Haram suspect who allegedly denominated Shettima as a sponsor of the Boko Haram sect.
“He (Shettima) feels that 2015 is in the hands of God. He is particularly concerned about the deaths of citizens in Borno State and the desideratum for synergy between the state and federal establishments to sustain a coordinated fight against insurgency so as to secure precious human lives and property,” the verbalization integrated.
In a cognate development, a member of the perpetual National Conference, Mr. Buba Galadima, verbally expressed that members of the Boko Haram sect operated in Borno State on Sunday night for eight hours without obstruction.
Galadima, a delegate from Yobe State, told the delegates that assails were carried out on several villages and towns in the state and that no fewer than 45 bodies were recuperated in one of the villages.
The delegate, at the verge of shedding tears, withal apprised the conference of the bomb attack at the Monday Market in Maiduguri on Tuesday.
“The Boko Haram sect operated for about eight hours albeit the information about the assailment was given out. The security agencies were apprised. It was the Civilian JTF that availed to evacuate the dead bodies,” he verbally expressed.
Another delegate, Chief Mike Ozekhome, recalled that he was abducted for 21 days and that he went through harrowing experience.
He integrated, “My stand on Boko Haram is pellucid. And I told regime this. There are at times you stoop to surmount.
“I want the regime to negotiate with them. It is not out of trepidation, but because of the Chibok girls. We need to bring them back.”
He explicated that what he told the conference on Monday was that a text message was sent to him by a friend warning about attacks in Abuja, verbally expressing he did not receive any direct message from Boko Haram. He verbally expressed other people received the same message as himself.
Ozekhome had under a matter of national exigency apprised the conference on Monday that he received a text message caveat of imminent attacks in components of the Federal Capital Territory.
Meanwhile, the United States of America has verbalized it was becoming more worried about Boko Haram prosperous attacks. The US has however promised more assistance in the war against the terrorists.
Speaking at the US Department of State daily press briefing on Monday, the department’s spokesperson and former media aide to President Barack Obama, Jennifer Psaki, condemned the recent attacks by the insurgents on four villages near Chibok.
Psaki verbally expressed, “We’re providing adscititious equipment for Nigeria’s astuteness fusion centre. We’re additionally providing military training and other assistance to avail professionalise the Nigerian military and increment its maritime security and peacekeeping capabilities.
“We condemn the reported attacks on four villages near Chibok. Our sympathies go out to the victims and their families. We remain committed to availing the regime of Nigeria address the threat posed by the malefactor terrorist group.
“Our Embassy perpetuates to fortify Nigerian efforts to establish the safe recuperation of the abductees and to advise the regime of Nigeria on its replication.”
While fielding questions from journalists, the US state department spokesperson admitted that there were challenges being faced by the Nigerian regime, integrating that America was advising the regime on how best to address the threat posed by the terrorist group.
“Our discussions with Nigeria about addressing the threat of Boko Haram have been perpetual for months now.
“There’s no doubt there are challenges – challenges the Nigerian regime faces and those who are taking on this threat on the ground. And we’re certainly working with them to boost their capacity and advise them on how best to address it. But I’m not going to outline it further than that,” Psaki expounded.
