Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume,( APC Borno South ) , has appealed to the military under the Theatre Command, North East ‘Operation, to intensify more efforts geared towards clearing remnants of Boko Haram members still hibernating around Sambisa forests, Mandara mountains and other hideouts in border communities within Gwoza and the Republic of Cameroon.
Ndume who made the call in Gwoza on Wednesday during distribution of empowerment materials to farmers ,
said pockets of attacks recently perpetrated by the terrorists are still posing serious economic setbacks to resilient farmers newly resettled in liberated communities of Ngoshe, Kirawa, Warabe, Wala, Pulka and even Gwoza town, the Council headquarters.
He said the terrorists have resorted to the looting of their unmatured crops without confrontation.
“Sincerely, the renewed pockets of attacks recently perpetrated by insurgents have posed serious economic setbacks to our resilient farmers who were newly resettled in liberated communities of Ngoshe, Kirawa, Warabe, Wala, Pulka and even Gwoza town, the Council headquarters. This is because the terrorists resorted to looting of their unmatured crops without confrontation.
“I want to use this medium to appeal to the military and other security agencies to intensify more efforts aimed at clearing remnants of terrorists still hibernating in Sambisa Forests and parts of Mandara Mountains bordering Cameroon Republic and Nigeria”, he said .
The former Chairman Senate Committee on Army while expressing his deep gratitude to Governor Babagana Umara Zulum for his extraordinary contributions to the development and rebuilding of about 10 Gwoza communities that were completely destroyed, also applauded efforts and sacrifices made by the military in restoring civil authority in the area.
He specifically hailed the deployment of a medical doctor by the military authority, who is providing medical services on daily basis free of charge to over 10,000 Ngoshe people and its environs who have since returned to their ancestral homes.
Senator Ndume during the empowerment visitation to farmers , distributed agricultural inputs such as bags of fertilisers, insecticides, pesticides and cash to them .
He inspected the land designated for the construction of 500 housing units to resettle displaced persons of Warabe by Governor Zulum’s rebuilding initiative.
He also distributed tricycles and other empowerment materials worth millions of naira to people in Gwoza and others in communities across the Borno South Senatorial District .