The Senator representing Borno Central at the National Assembly, Ahmed Zannah, on Wednesday recounted how he lost two of his nephews in the attack on Bama by the Boko Haram insurgents.
Zannah, who said he keeps by his earlier stand that the town as been captured by the insurgents, recounted that the members of the terrorist sect during the siege on the town invaded his brother’s house and shot dead his two sons.
He said his two nephews that were killed are 25 and 30 years old, lamenting that every teenage and adult male is singled out for killing by the insurgents on the prowl.
Zannah challenged both the Borno state government and military authority to take the media to Bama to cross check their claims that the town has not been captured by the Boko Haram insurgents.
In a telephone chat on Wednesday afternoon with our correspondent, Zannah said: “As I am speaking to you, Bama has been captured and the insurgents on the prowling for any male, killing at will.”
He added that: “Everyone is a target as long as you are male but for now women and children are being sparred.”
Zannah who is an indigene of Bama, 78 kilometres from Maiduguri said: “Both the military and Borno state government are lying to Nigerians, and to prove that I am the one misinforming the public they should take journalists to the town to cross check the fact.”
It would be recalled that after Zannah, on Tuesday morning, said in an interview that Bama has been captured by the terrorist group, Borno State government and the youth vigilante group swiftly came out to call his claim a lie and politically motivated. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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yes too few conscientious leaders/senators that are supposed to check d govt in this country. But after receipt of Ghana Must Go, they become blind nd deaf until they are given a taste of the pudding. hope u are not shouting now that ur nephews are involved? cos many have lost their entire family nd generation. Anywy sorry for ur loss.
ReplyDeleteU hv said it exactly d way it is,nice 1.
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