Governor
Kashim Shettima of Borno State has reassured the fleeing residents of Ali
Dawari Village of their safety after an
attack by Boko Haram n the village recently
He said:
“you should not flee; we will do everything possible to protect your lives and
property, I came with the garrison commander, deputy commissioner of police and
commanders of Civilian JTF. I assured you they are going deploy more personnel
to the village and right now your village will be surrounded with ditch”
Governor Shettima
further ordered for the immediate release of the sum of N200, 000 to the
members of the vigilante group in the area, adding that the 20 members of the
Civilian JTF in the village will be paid N10,000 each monthly to patrol the
village.
Early in his
remarks, the village head of Ali Dawari, Bulama Mallam Ali told the governor
that 16 males including old age, youths and children and 11 females were killed in the village
while 3 children playing at the football field were also first killed by the
insurgents.
Speaking to
journalists at the scene of the event, the state coordinator of the Civilian
JTF, Abba Aji appealed to the federal government, cooperate organizations, and
indivuals to assist them with logistic to adequately fight the insurgents, as
state government alone cannot carter for them with the challenges of the IDP
and the scare sources at its disposal.
The
Ali Dawari village and some adjoining villages at the outskirt of
Maiduguri metropolis were attacked Sunday 27th December 2015 where some
residents were killed and others injured.
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