Boko Haram Recruiting IDPs, Borno Governor Warns
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has raised the alarm that Boko Haram is recruiting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from their camps to sustain terrorists’ activities in the state.
Zulum spoke on in the Hausa Service of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) monitored in Maiduguri at the weekend.
“Truly, the Boko Haram terrorists are working on people to join them in the ongoing war,” he said, adding that the development should be nipped in the bud before the country loses more lives.
“If IDPs living in camps and host communities are not given the opportunity to return to their communities to resume farming, they may be forced to join Boko Haram,” he warned.
According to him, the terrorists are hibernating in Sambisa Forest, Mandara Mountains in Gwoza Council and the shores of Lake Chad.
On how to end the war, he said: “Until the military and other security operatives take the fight to three main terrorists hideouts, the Boko Haram war may not end.”
He added that his administration had returned over 5,000 IDPs to Mafa and Kukawa councils.
