Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has again updated President Muhammadu Buhari on latest security development in the state in closed door meeting in Abuja. He explained that over 30, 000 insurgents comprised of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP have so far surrendered.
According to the Governor, the state is relatively peaceful as the security agencies have continued to take measures aimed at checking the activities of insurgents in the Northeast and also assured that the insurgency in the North-East would soon be a thing of the past.
He added that the objective of engaging the insurgents through dialogue and mediation had started yielding fruitful results.
Zulum also lauded the Federal Government for the heavy military deployment to Southern Borno, and expressed the hope that the state would also witness similar deployment to restore peace and law in the state.
The Governor however dismissed the assertion that the repentant insurgents were assured of any promissory notes before they surrendered. He assured that those who surrendered willingly would be treated differently from those insurgents captured by the Nigerian troops in the battle fields.
