Borno State Governor Professor Babagana Zulum has reported 100,000 people missing as a result of the state’s insurgency.
He bemoaned that the insurgency had left 50,000 widows and that the state’s insurgency had damaged around 900,000 residences and 5,000 classrooms.
He made the call while paying a condolence visit to Governor Bello Mohammed Matawallen on Monday night at Government House Gusau to express his condolences to him and the people of Zamfara for the loss of lives and property caused by bandit activity in the state.
Terrorists also destroyed over 800 municipal buildings, including police stations, traditional rulers’ homes, and local government secretariats, among other things.
“We lost a total of about 900,000 to the insurgency. We lost about 5,000 classrooms in Borno State, 800 municipal buildings comprising police stations, traditional ruler houses, and local government secretariats. These are official figures, unofficial figures are more than this,” he said.
Governor Babagana has urged the people of terrorist-threatened states to unite and aid the government in putting an end to the threat, stating that the government alone cannot solve the situation.
Borno State, he said, is pained, particularly in light of recent attacks in the villages of Anka and Bukkuyum Emirates, which claimed many lives and property.
“We in Borno State and here in Zamfara state, we share a common problem which we have to face squarely”, Governor Zullum noted, “but Government alone cannot end the problem.
“I hereby called on all citizens to stand up and assist the Government in their various little ways. Collectively, we shall triumph”, he advised.
“We recorded massive losses from years of insurgency resulting in over 50,000 widows, 49,000 orphans, and about 100,000 missing persons”.
He stated that his administration is doing everything possible to address these human tragedies.
“Your Excellency, I commend your vision and tenacity without which you cannot come this way in the success you are recording against terrorism and the upliftment of your people to greater heights”, Zulum told Governor Matawalle.
He contributed N20 million to victims of recent banditry incidents in the state.
He was joined to the state by Senator Ali Ndume, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, and Honorable Tahir Monguno, Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, among others.
Governor Matawalle responded by commending his Borno State counterpart for his care and for making the time to visit Zamfara State despite his own issues in Borno.
“Borno and Zamfara share a similar problem of terrorist attacks.
I understand how we share information, intelligence, and the determination to solve the difficulties we inherited. “We will triumph with this commitment, prayer, and the support of our people,” Governor Matawalle exclaimed.
He stated that, like Borno, Zamfara has suffered human and material losses, with no fewer than 25,000 orphans, 27,000 widows, and over 3,000 buildings demolished, as well as approximately 400,000 animals rustled in the first eight years of the threat.
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