Ndume decries Boko Haram attacks on 2 Borno communities 

Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (Borno South) has decried the unabated attacks by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, specifically on the last Saturday invasion on Ashigashiya village in Gwoza local government area and Kopul village of Askira-Uba local government area in his Senatorial District.

The separate attacks led to the killing of a disabled household who was consumed in a fire reportedly set up by the terrorists at his house in Ashigashiya.

Many residential houses were also set ablaze with looting of foodstuffs and livestock.

Also in Kopul village, there was no casualty recorded, but many houses, shops were destroyed, with displacement of many people who fled into the bush for safety.

Ndume in an interview with our correspondent in Maiduguri on Sunday commiserate with the victims of the attacks, even as he reiterated his call on the federal government to fully equip the military, police and other security agencies with sophisticated weapons to end Boko Haram atrocities.

He said: “Our Nigerian Armed Forces are doing their best in fighting Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, but they are handicapped in terms of weapons.

“There is the urgent need for the federal government to train, equip, arms and motivate the military forces.

“Our military and other security agencies should have access to Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, fighter jets and drones if we really want to end Boko Haram,” Ndume stated.Spread the word