…Ndume expresses concerns, calls for FG’s decisive action
The Cameroonian Ministry of Defence (CNA) reveals that the attack by Boko Haram terrorists at the Wulgo Village, borderline between Nigeria and Cameroon led to the death of 12 soldiers of the Multinational Joint Task Force of the Lake Chad Basin with several others sustaining injuries.
According to CNA, Wulgo Army formation consists of combined troops from Nigeria and Cameroon and Wulgo Village in Borno State, Nigeria, shares an international border with Cameroon.
The Ministry said the attackers were heavily armed with modern sophisticated weapons, thanks to transnational terrorist collaboration.
BusinessDay had earlier reported on the insurgents’ attack, which occurred on Monday in Wajiroko near Sabon-Gari in Damboa Council Area of Borno State, killing at least four soldiers and unspecified numbers wounded in actions.
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Similarly, a SITREP sighted by BusinessDay indicated that the reinforced troops stepped on landmine resulted into three soldiers losing their lives and others, including officers and soldiers, sustaining varying degrees of injuries.
Reacting to the renewed Boko Haram attacks, particularly in Southern Borno, Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Senator – Borno South) on Tuesday expressed shock over the persistent and increasing terrorist activities and attacks in his Senatorial District.
He acknowledged the efforts of the Military and other Security Agencies, but urged the Federal Government to take decisive action against insurgency by deploying sophisticated technology, including drones to combat the terrorists.
“Just yesterday (Monday), Boko Haram terrorists attacked an Army formation in Wajirko. Another landmine explosion occurred along the same route, killing soldiers and injuring the Brigade Commander.
“While the Military and Security Agencies are doing their best, the federal government must wake up and address the root causes of insurgency by deploying advanced technological warfare, including drones, to put an end to this madness”, he said.
He also raised concerns over renewed kidnappings along the Maiduguri-Damaturu-Buni Yadi-Biu Road, calling for the immediate release of Professor Abubakar El-Jummah, the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at the Nigerian Army University, Biu (NAUB), and other individuals abducted along this once-safe but now dangerous route.
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“It is terrible, the renewed Boko Haram attacks in Borno, especially in the Southern Borno Senatorial District.
“As I speak, many communities in Gwoza, Askira-Uba, Chibok, Damboa, Biu, Hawul, and other council areas have been experiencing attacks, destruction, and looting without adequate confrontation from our security forces.
“As I speak, many communities in Gwoza, Askira-Uba, Chibok, Damboa, Biu, Hawul, and other council areas have been experiencing attacks, destruction, and looting without adequate confrontation from our security forces.
“It is also unfortunate that these attacks are happening when Governor Babagana Zulum is making efforts to reopen the Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu road, which connects about five local government areas in my constituency to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
“With these renewed attacks, even the only alternative route, the Maiduguri-Damaturu-Buni Yadi-Biu road, is now unsafe. This means that for now, anyone traveling from Biu, Hawul, Shani, Bayo, Kwaya Kusar, and other local government areas to Maiduguri must go through Gombe State, making a journey that should take two hours last over twelve hours due to the closure and insecurity of other routes”, Ndume said.
