Babagana Zulum, the governor of Borno state, has declared that the federal and state administrations are working together to put an end to the insurgency by 2023.
Zulum disclosed this to state house media on Thursday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential mansion in Abuja.
The governor stated that his visit aimed to inform the president of the state’s accomplishments in combating insurgency and rehabilitating internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Over 30,000 insurgents have surrendered their weapons and are being held by authorities, he said, adding that given the mass surrender and other security operations, efforts are being made to ensure the insurgency ends “God willing” in 2023.
“As I’ve been saying before, the kinetic measures alone will never end the insurgency. The social and political dimension of this crisis is very important. So, we have decided to engage them through dialogue and mediation, with a view to ensuring that many of them should lay down their arms,” he said.
“So far, so good, the objective has started yielding positive result. Apart from this also, in Borno state, for example, as I told you last time, we had problems in the shores of the Lake Chad as well as in southern Borno. I’m pleased to inform you that there was a very heavy military deployment into the southern Borno. And I hope such a deployment will also take place in northern Borno with a view to clearing ISWAP insurgents in Lake Chad. So, this has also yielded positive results.
“Things are getting better in Borno state and this is the major reason I came to see Mr President. There are some issues that should not be discussed in the public. These issues are security issues.
“The most important thing is that the federal government under the leadership of President Buhari with the Borno state government and the military, we’re all working in close collaboration to ensure that those that are willing to surrender are given the opportunity to surrender.
“The way we are going, with the support of the federal government, with good management, Boko Haram will be over very soon.”
“Insha Allah,” he answered when asked if the insurgency would cease in 2023. You understand what I mean when I say “Insha Allah – God willing.”
The governor went on to say that his administration does not provide militants with any incentives to surrender, and that they do so voluntarily.
According to Zulum, the security situation in Borno has significantly improved, and he believes that trend will continue.
“We don’t have any promissory notes to defectors, honestly speaking. But you have to also understand one very important thing. There is a difference between those that have been captured and those that have surrendered. People should understand these two unidentical situations,” he said.
“Go back and Google and see the international conventions, rules and regulation. There is a difference between those that have been captured and those that are willingly surrendered. And I’m calling upon all of you to give a very positive insight to this development.
“There’s nowhere in the whole world such kind of war ended with kinetic measures. There must be some certain political solutions and I believe if there is peace in the north-east and Borno, there will be peace in northern Nigeria. If there is peace in northern Nigeria, there will be peace in southern Nigeria.”
Last Thursday, the governor claimed that one of the main reasons the state has been successful in combating insecurity is that the president has never denied him access.
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