Boko Haram: FG Has Assured Me of Improved Intervention, Says Shettima

Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima on Thursday said he had been given assurances by the federal government of improved deployment of military personnel and equipment to check  the threat of the Boko Haram terrorist group in the Northeast.

It would be recalled that in the last one month,  the terrorist group was reported to have taken over some towns in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, the three states presently under emergency rule.

Speaking to internally displaced persons     in  some public structure at Bama,  Maiduguri, Shettima who was compelled to abort his trip to United Kingdom and Sudan, said  he had met with President Jonathan Goodluck on the security situation in Bama and other areas of the state as well as other service chiefs who assured that the insurgents would be tackled.
  "There were assurances that the federal government will continue to intervene and provide adequate military personnel and weapons to overcome the insurgents.", he said.

He also assured them that on its part, the Borno state government will continue to play its role in catering for them, disclosing that sufficient funds have been released to the committee set up by the state government under the chairmanship of Alhaji Usman Jidda Shuwa to cater for the welfare and feeding of the IDPs at the camps.

He   urged them to continue to pray for peace and end to the insurgency.